wanting to replace the seals.
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Burning Brakes
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From: Atlanta Ga
wanting to replace the seals.
I have the rear end assembly out of my 82. IM wanting to replace all the seals...spindles and pinion seals. how much trouble is there to replacing the axle seals? the pinion looks pretty easy. what do i have to go thru to get the axle seals out?
Le Mans Master
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From: I can walk to MA
Clips inside hold the stub axles in place.
Once you get those out, the lip seal pulls out like any other.
The trouble I see is in the pinion. The pinion has a crush collar that
sets the bearing clearance. You really don't want to remove the pinion unless
you plan to have the pinion bearing set-up again.
I have heard of people marking the nut location to replace the
nut to the same position, but not sure how safe this is.
Gary (GTR1999) can probably enlighten us to this.
Once you get those out, the lip seal pulls out like any other.
The trouble I see is in the pinion. The pinion has a crush collar that
sets the bearing clearance. You really don't want to remove the pinion unless
you plan to have the pinion bearing set-up again.
I have heard of people marking the nut location to replace the
nut to the same position, but not sure how safe this is.
Gary (GTR1999) can probably enlighten us to this.
Tech Contributor
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Dave is correct you don't want to mess up the preload.
Here is how I do them on the iron units.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...ht=pinion+seal
Here is how I do them on the iron units.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...ht=pinion+seal
