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lux IFS diff seal
Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 8:32 pm
by Kingston_99
well on my drivers side of my diff, it appears that diff oil is leaking out of the diff seal. it is a IFS front diff.
im wondering is there alot of work to get to the diff to chahnge the seal?
cuase im no machanic but im wondering if i could do it myself or should i take it into a shop.
Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 8:53 pm
by Micky-Lux
It's not really a big job. I did it with the diff in the car, just by removing the CV and the RH side driveshaft from the diff.
But I found that the problem was the RH side on mine was popping out under load. Have a look and see if your driveshaft has popped. If it has, you should be able to move the shaft in and out.
I replaced the oil seal on mine, and the spring clip, but it still popped out under load. I replaced the driveshaft (the replacement one looked identical to the old one so no idea why), but the problem went away.
If you can get the driveshaft out, you should be able to pop the oil seal out with a big screwdriver or a pair of multi-grips.