[6pack] Differential Questions

[Navarrette, Vance]

 	Darcy:

	There is a tool for this that makes it a 5 second job. It is
called an "oil seal puller" and costs $4-5. Get it and use it, you will
be glad you did. My pinion seal came out in one piece, in 5 seconds on
the first try. You can also use it to pull freeze plugs - but that is
ghetto engineering and I have NEVER tried it personally.
	As for the seals on the axle stubs, you need a hydraulic press
to pop the assembly apart to change the seal. I put mine back together
with anti-seize in an attempt to make it a task that can be done with a
gear puller at home next time. Ask me in 10 years if it worked =:-o

	Vance


-----Original Message-----
From: 6pack-bounces+vance.navarrette=intel.com at autox.team.net
[mailto:6pack-bounces+vance.navarrette=intel.com at autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Hunter, Darcy
Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 6:50 AM
To: 'Aldwyn'
Cc: '6pack at autox.team.net'
Subject: Re: [6pack] Differential Questions

No, you absolutely can't get at the seal unlike the pinion seal.  I
ripped the pinion seal out piece by piece like you did.
Darcy

-----Original Message-----
From: Aldwyn [mailto:aldwyn at sylvancircle.org]
Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 8:33 AM
To: Hunter, Darcy
Cc: '6pack at autox.team.net'
Subject: Re: [6pack] Differential Questions


Is there anything at all gripable from the flange collar?

When my main seal was leaking, we couldnt get it out.  So my buddy
grabbed some small metal shears/tin snips, and was able to get a bit of
the tip between the diff and the flange collar.  He then proceeded to
bend the hell out of it until we were able to get some pliers in there
to start moving it enough to break it free.

- Aldwyn