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Originally Posted by Bluesky 07
The seal is what makes me reluctant to do it again. Thought I had it seated, double-checked, and all I got for my trouble was gear oil drops on the garage floor the next morning. Had to pay a shop to replace it.
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Originally Posted by Hi-desertT4R
It should be noted that having new seals while in there is a good idea. When I messed my axle up I was removing it to install the ECGS solid bushing and seal. No issues with the seal leaking. The dust cap makes an excellent install tool for the seal behind the knuckle/bearing.
My passenger side inner seal is leaking after 16 years/150,000 miles and it’ll be the first time it’s ever come apart.
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First off, thanks for the help. It's been really wet here, but my wife I finally had opportunity to make another attempt.
Long story shortened...I bought the hub puller off of Amazon. The larger of the two fit, not great, but it worked. I cranked it down until it started bending and then applied some heat. When I cranked some more, the axle started moving. There was a pretty good band of rust on the splines. Problem solved? Of course not.
Getting the old seal out, I managed to gouge the diff with the seal removal tool. Luckily, it was mostly near the outer edge so I deburred the gash with some emery cloth, cleaned it up, put on a dab of high temp RTV, and installed the seal, and then a re-booted axle. So far, 2 days and no leak. Fingers crossed. But....
Now a have a scrape-scrape sound when turned hard right. We didn't hear it when reassembling everything, but it's there when driving. From the cab, it sounds like the back plate touching the rotor intermittently. We did bend it while working, but we had it bent back, I thought, so I'm not convinced that is it. We plan on putting it back on stands this afternoon to try and figure out what it it.
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