[Shotimes] RE: Driver's side axle seal replacement

Ron Porter ronporter@prodigy.net
Fri, 15 Apr 2005 17:14:34 -0400


I have a grease gun....

"Penny Wise - Pound Foolish" on this stuff. Just as I would put in a new TOB
every time the tranny gets dropped. Or I replace a battery if it hiccups
just once after it is at least two years old.

All are cheap parts with much more labor involved to replace them if the go
out at inopportune times.

Ron Porter

-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Paul Nimz
Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 2:29 AM
To: `V6 SHOtimes
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] RE: Driver's side axle seal replacement

The price you pay for not owning a grease gun....


Paul


On 4/14/2005 3:45:13 PM, Ron Porter (ronporter@prodigy.net) wrote:
> I view it the same as replacing endlinks every time you drop a swaybar.
> Cheap parts to buy, and very easy to replace with everything already out.
>
> Ron Porter
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Zach Leahy [mailto:leahyz@gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 3:23 PM
> To: Ron Porter
> Cc: shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] RE:
> Driver's side axle seal replacement
>
> I simply replace them when they leak.  I have over 200k and several
> clutch jobs on my old ones before they leaked.  If you are careful
> they can be well preserved when the axle is taken out.
>
> Z
>
> On 4/14/05, Ron Porter <ronporter@prodigy.net> wrote:
> > Probably a good idea to replace whenever the axle comes out (unless you
> are
> > Josh or Mark who used to replace axles weekly!!).
> > When I had my clutch replaced, both I and the tranny shop forgot about
the
> > seals, and one side began leaking after the replacement. Easy to do with
> the
> > tranny out.
> >
> > Ron Porter
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
[mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
> > On Behalf Of Dave Kegel
> > Sent: Thursday, A
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