jeff_buob
Registered Member
i need to change the axle seals on my 1980 chev 1/2 ton. 1 was leaking and i got the axles out any way. yo you change them threw the axle tube or do i need to pull the ring gear/carrier assembly
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front 10 bolt, axle seals?
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Best I can tell the carrier has to come out, then they are punched out with a long rod through the axle tubes into the carrier housing
Thunder
3/4 ton status
No need to pull the carrier. Either use a seal puller or just punch a hole in them with a screw driver and pry them out if you are replacing them.
To install use a seal installer. Or the redneck way is to tap them in with a hammer and a 2x4.
The carrier MUST come out. The seals are installed from inside the pumpkin.
Thunder
3/4 ton status
Hmmm guess I have been doing it wrong for the last 30 years.
I am thinking rear axles. Are we talking about front? If so yes you have to pull the carrier.
I am thinking rear axles. Are we talking about front? If so yes you have to pull the carrier.
Jason4x4
1/2 ton status
Front 10 bolt is r+r carrier, rear 10 bolt is r+r axle shafts.
y5mgisi
1 ton status
Yes the carrier must come out in order to change the front inner axle seals. They are kind of a pain but if you have done much random auto repair you should be able to figure it out. Driving them in was actually the most difficult part for me when i did mine.
Installing them is easy if you make a simple tool for installation. You make a tool that draws the seals in, basically a long piece of threaded rod, a flat round plate just smaller than the seal OD and a piece of flat plate to use against the outer C of the axled tube.
Thunder
3/4 ton status
Look at the title of this post
Shoot who reads titles. Way More fun to just start typing and make a fool of yourself.
This would have been easier than how I did it.
I made a little tool that held the seal and accepted the end of a piece of rebar. I then punched the seals into place through the opposite side of the axle. Problem was that after the first seal was in, I had to pass the rod/punch through it, to punch in number 2. Next time I'll draw the seal in the way 4x4HIGH suggesed... keeps each side to itself during install.
jeff_buob
Registered Member
thanx for the advice every oneit was a late night but, i got the seals changed and the diff back in the truck
