Front Drive Shaft and Seal Replacement

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Front Drive Shaft and Seal Replacement

Postby jeff84red » Tue Sep 05, 2017 8:41 am

I am replacing both front drive shafts and seals on my 07. 180k miles and I replaced the wheel bearings, disks and pads. I have a couple of questions before staring out this weekend on the job

1. Once the LCR is out of the way can the drive shaft be removed by pulling or is there a C clip internal?
2. the new seals I have are tap in or do I need a seal puller/installation tool for this?
3. Best diff fluid to use with the high mileage.


Thanks in advance , Jeff


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Postby disallow » Tue Sep 05, 2017 9:37 am

Why change the seals? Unless they are leaking, changing actually may create more issues than it solves.

I assume the boots on you half-shafts are split?

The shafts should pull out like any other CV shaft.

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Postby smj999smj » Tue Sep 05, 2017 10:08 am

The inner CV joint shafts have a spring clip on the end, so a pry bar is used to pop them out of the diff. A seal puller is usually used to remove the seals.

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Postby jeff84red » Wed Sep 06, 2017 7:33 am

The boots are not split however they are OEM with 180 K miles and starting to whine when loaded up in a turn - only at highway speeds. Drivers side seal is leaking.

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Postby jeff84red » Thu Sep 07, 2017 10:25 am

smj999smj wrote:The inner CV joint shafts have a spring clip on the end, so a pry bar is used to pop them out of the diff. A seal puller is usually used to remove the seals.

I have all the tools required but when the shaft is removed using the pry bar does that leave the snap ring loose inside? thanks

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Postby disallow » Thu Sep 07, 2017 11:23 am

No it should stay in a groove that is on the transmission end of the shaft.

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Thanks

Postby jeff84red » Thu Sep 07, 2017 12:50 pm

Thanks for all the tips and will post any pictures if anyone would like them

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Postby heckler40 » Sun Sep 10, 2017 7:12 am

Please post them!


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