mojo1

Great right up A J ,

jdmvette

awesome job, j-man!

Junkman2008

Thanks Bill and Jason.

csexton

Great info AJ. Thanks for the write-up

Chuck

robsc501

Hi AJ,
Thanks for the pictures on the seal replacement. A job well done.I see you took my advice & bought the seal removal tool & used the second design seal(88996703) that we talked about back in feb. when you were considering doing this.Brought back memories of the sore back I had for a few days. Hows the back feeling? Was your alignment affected?
Great job AJ !
I wouldn't call you a shade tree after this job.Most shade tree's would be afraid to try.
ropbsc501

Z06ster

Detail - Detail - Detail

I love these kinds of posts. Thank you for contributing!

Fast Cop

Thanks for the great write-up. Now I have the courage to take on this project myself. Thanks again.

P.S. Pizza looked great.

Junkman2008

Thanks Chuck!

Thanks Rob. I don't believe my alignment was affected, it shouldn't be but I'm getting new tires and wheels so I was going to do an alignment anyway. For some reason, this didn't bother my back. I guess my little stool came in handy.

Maybe someone like Patches will award me my Jr. Mechanics patch!


Sure thing Matt!

Thanks Sarge. Needless to say, you're done for the day after one of my "Dagwood" pizza's!

thetaxman

great write up and pics

if you had some air tools you could make all that work ALOT easier

Slotcar

Look AJ, my lift is still availble and you need to travel 300 miles before WOT running. So...................what's an extra 705.9 miles extra? Wish you were closer, I've got the tools and you have the b*lls to tackle jobs like this! Thanks for the great how-to.

BobbyG

Thank you for taking the time to put together such a well documented repair and posting it to the forum!!

TraceZ

I love write ups like this!

Thanks for taking the time. My car has never dripped, but the differential case does appear dirty compared to everything else under there. Maybe it is seeping.

Bob CTS

AJ

Great write up, especially since mine has been repaired I think three times prior to me owning the car. I will be saving this and putting it in my file for future reference if needed. Again, many thanks for taking the time and documenting.

Junkman2008

You know, I was thinking the same thing until I got the manuals. They specifically state that you should not use air tools because of the torque specifications. If further states that over-torquing can add to or create new issues.

So, I considered the possibility of taking stuff apart with air tools but then I just canned the idea all together. I figure since I'm going to have the car until I croak (probably while working on it), I may as well follow the manual as close as possible.

Now if I could just retain what I learn!

Now Bob, don't think a visit is out of the question! I'm looking for new vacation spots and I've never made it up to your neck of the woods. Don't be surprised if you get a PM saying warm up the grill, get some pizza's in the fridge, and call the local honey's - The Junkster is enroute!

My pleasure Bobby!

Tracy, mine wasn't really dripping that much, just enough to leave a spot on the floor that had me wondering where the heck it came from. If you check your differential and the dirt is shiny or wet, you're going to have to first locate the source (output seal or differential covers). Either way, a new cheap differential is around $1800 smackers. The parts for repairing your own is around $20. This makes it an easy call to make as far as which one you want to get stuck doing!

Thanks Rob. I would love to know why those repairs didn't hold. I know that there was some lubricant on the center of the seal and my master mechanic told me to make sure that there was some on there. I'm wondering if they used sub-par seals or put them in dry? I guess I'll find out soon enough when it stops raining, after my 300 mile break in!

ALVETTE00

Great write up!

My driver side one was leaking and it stopped all by itself.

I checked the level and it was fine...maybe the little elves did it!

Mike Mercury

AJ

really appreciate the pics. I know full-well that stopping to take pics for others - slows a person down.

Stunning sacrifice for your fellow Corvette enthusiast.

thetaxman

Trust me, air tools rule

and don't sweat the torque paranoia

I been building cars for years, air makes life easy

Junkman2008

Thanks Albert, but I was wondering if you could do me a favor. Could you PM your elves and have them drop by my place? I still have a OPS relocate to do and could use the magic!

Thanks Mike. I'm not one to work all that fast when I'm doing something new so the picture breaks worked in my favor. I do hope someone saves some money by doing this themselves!

With air tools, I won't get to experience that hernia I had the first time I broke my brake bracket bolts loose!

Choreo

Totally awesome write up!

I am sure I will be traveling down that same path soon - consider yourself bookmarked!

However, I should not have skimmed through your thread so quickly the first time as all I saw was...

"Leaky Butt",

this photo..


...and what I thought was the result...

I figured if that was your problem, a "seal" would not be the solution - really glad you cleared up the fact that this was a "pizza" - whew!

Not sure if it would be a solution in this case, but in the past to seat seals like this is always used a large 1/2" drive socket that would just fit inside the outer diameter with an extension?

Also, congratulations on your freestyle garage floor art - it will live on long after the C5 .

thetaxman

EXACTLY !