I've been watching seepage from my pinion seal for nearly a year now. Now it has become a full leak, there is diff oil all over the underside of the car near the front of the diff, but no drips in the garage.
I've got my haynes and I did some youtubing (theres a good video of a guy changing a pinion seal on a GMC) and I wanted to run a list of what I'll need to do the job by you guys, because I won't have a way to get to the parts store this time while the bird is out of commission.
-New pinion seal
-New pinion nut
-Large socket for pinion nut (anyone know how big - 32mm? auto 2000 3.8L, no posi)
-Chisel / grease pencil for marking pinion, nut, U-joint flange
-RTV for pinon seal and flange splines
-Torque wrench (in-lbf)
-Puller to take u-joint flange off
Anything else? Has anyone who has done one of these have any tips?
I've got my haynes and I did some youtubing (theres a good video of a guy changing a pinion seal on a GMC) and I wanted to run a list of what I'll need to do the job by you guys, because I won't have a way to get to the parts store this time while the bird is out of commission.
-New pinion seal
-New pinion nut
-Large socket for pinion nut (anyone know how big - 32mm? auto 2000 3.8L, no posi)
-Chisel / grease pencil for marking pinion, nut, U-joint flange
-RTV for pinon seal and flange splines
-Torque wrench (in-lbf)
-Puller to take u-joint flange off
Anything else? Has anyone who has done one of these have any tips?
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