Rear pinion seal bad

[Southenrfirewood]

I feel embarrassed to be posting so many threads, iv just had a ton of problem's latley and hope I'm not annoying anyone! lol My rear pinion seal is bad its leaking quite a bit of fluid. I was going to pay someone to do it but after researching it it looks like something I can do on my own. Im pretty good but iv never messed with rear-ends before. What do you think?

 

[Explorin94]

Easy fix go here http://www.therangerstation.com/forums/search.php

 

[adsm08]

It is super easy to do, super hard to mess up. The worst part about them is finding something the right size to pound the new seal in with.

 

[shane96ranger]

Someone did an excellent write up on how to do it. You may want to have a sleeve kit handy as well in case you find the pinion flange (think that's what it's called) has a groove worn in it.



EDIT: Here you go. It was BRUTUS_T_HOG.

http://therangerstation.com/forums/showthread.php?t=102444&highlight=pinion+seal+replace



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[4.0B2]

Someone did an excellent write up on how to do it. You may want to have a sleeve kit handy as well in case you find the pinion flange (think that's what it's called) has a groove worn in it.



EDIT: Here you go. It was BRUTUS_T_HOG.

http://therangerstation.com/forums/showthread.php?t=102444&highlight=pinion+seal+replace



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1. Shane, you're to nice... lol
2. Man Brutus is complete and does things right.. I don't think I've ever used a puller on pinion yokes

 

[Southenrfirewood]

Iv watched some videos of people doing it and none of them have used a seal puller or a Large 2 jaw puller or steering wheel puller w/ long bolts. I also dont have these 2 tools, are they really needed?

 

[Explorin94]

No. I usually use a hammer to get the pinion flange off and a chisel to remove the seal.

 

[doorgunner]

I used a crowbar on my '89 Ranger.....I pried behind the flange and across from the bar I tapped on the back side of the flange lightly with a hammer to work it off the splined shaft.....it was slow but it worked....


I also had to coat the inside of the flange splines with silicone gasket sealer when I re-installed it to keep oil from leaking out from between the splines---(maybe that's just a problem with '89 Rangers though)