[Tigers] diff pinion oil seal

[Owain Lloyd]

hello,

i wonder, does anyone have a clean way to remove the pinion oil seal?  after
withdrawing the flange, there is not much space between the pinion shaft and
the seal to get a seal or bearing puller in there.  my only idea is to punch
holes in it or cut the inner lip, bend it outwards and pull it out with
pliers but i'd be interested in a tried and tested method.

on the subject, while i was doing this i found all four bolts holding the
driveshaft to the differential flange were loose with only loctite holding
the nuts on!  i had only put them in last summer and used loctite on the old
bolts and lock washers.  i didn't replace them because the bolts were only
about 3 years old and were grade 8.  this time i'll certainly be using new
lock washers.  also, i noticed the bolt heads were facing the gearbox but
the workshop manual says this should face the diff - not entirely sure why,
but i'll be putting them in correctly this time.

thanks,

- owain.