Vance---I have one of these seal pullers that you refer to. Every pinion
seal I've tried to pull (four) have not responded. These seals were
pressed in too tight and the metal surround too thin. They merely tore
before giving up any ground. If you were successful, you or your puller
had something I didn't!
Dick
From: vance.navarrette@intel.com(Navarrette, Vance) Date: Tue, Sep 27,
2005, 7:38am To: tr6taylor@webtv.net (Sally or Dick Taylor),
6pack@autox.team.net Subject: Differential Pinion Oil Seal removal
Dick, Jim:
A seal puller will pop
that baby out in 10 seconds. They are $5 and available at any good auto
parts store. They look a bit like a claw hammer with a single claw on
each end of the head. You hook the claw into the seal and give it a yank
- the seal pops out slicker than snot on a glass door knob.
Even if the hole is too
small the seal will still come out - mangled beyond all recognition -
but it will come out.
Cheers,
Vance
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-6pack@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-6pack@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Sally or Dick Taylor
Sent: September 26, 2005 11:05 PM
To: 6pack@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Differential Pinion Oil Seal
Jim---The hole in the diff mount bracket is larger than the oil seal's
diameter. These seals are a bugger to remove because they shoulder
against the diff case. Not much material to get hold of on the seal, so
yes, you will mangle it while trying to remove it. It is MUCH easier to
remove this seal by tapping it out from the inside, out. This assumes
that you are also going to refurbish some of the worn parts in the diff,
as they seem to all wear out around the same time.
Dick
Jim S. wrote:
Can the Differential Pinion Oil Seal be removed and replaced without
removing the front mounting bracket?
I've removed the castellated nut and tried to pull the seal
out. I moved it forward a bit and bent it up significantly, but I'm
starting to think the hole in the mounting bracket is smaller than the
seal diameter and holding it in place? Or, do I just need to persuade it
a bit more? Thanks,
Jim Schlemm
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