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Replace rear differential gasket?
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Boy, rear diffs are very difficult to fix.
Front ones are real easy on these cars, however.
Too bad it's not the front one.
You sure it's the gasket and not the pinion seal?
Been a lotta years since I did one, but it's a drop out third member isn't it?
You have to pull the wheels, pull the axle shafts, drop the driveshaft, unbolt the thrid member, drop it out the front.
Usually it's the pinion seal, but if you think it's the gasket, that's what you have to do.
Front ones are real easy on these cars, however.
Too bad it's not the front one.
You sure it's the gasket and not the pinion seal?
Been a lotta years since I did one, but it's a drop out third member isn't it?
You have to pull the wheels, pull the axle shafts, drop the driveshaft, unbolt the thrid member, drop it out the front.
Usually it's the pinion seal, but if you think it's the gasket, that's what you have to do.
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Zs--
Where exactly is it leaking? If it is at the pinion seal you can repair that without pulling the differential unit by picking the seal out from the front.
If it is leaking from around the flange of the differential unit perhaps you will only need to replace the paper gasket and torque down all the nuts evenly. Maybe it is just the drain plug?
Or is it leaking from somewhere out toward the hubs--a whole nother experience.
It is not hard to isolate and accurately locate the source of the leak. Come back to us with more information and we'll take it from there.
Where exactly is it leaking? If it is at the pinion seal you can repair that without pulling the differential unit by picking the seal out from the front.
If it is leaking from around the flange of the differential unit perhaps you will only need to replace the paper gasket and torque down all the nuts evenly. Maybe it is just the drain plug?
Or is it leaking from somewhere out toward the hubs--a whole nother experience.
It is not hard to isolate and accurately locate the source of the leak. Come back to us with more information and we'll take it from there.
tahoe healey
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I suppose you could spray with the athletes foot spray and look for track as with the engine.
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Maybe its empty.
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You guys got me thinking. I really didnt notice a leak until after I replaced the oil in the diff a few months ago. It could be the drain plug. I didnt have the correct tool for that square plug. So I improvised. Any idea where I can get that correct tool? cheers, Zane
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zschicago said:
Buy a cheap 3/8" to 1/2" socket adpter (3/8 on the wrench side, 1/2 on the socket side) and grind the 1/2 inch male part to fit.
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Sounds like you need a smoke wrench.
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If I recall, 'tis.
If you have the ability......find a piece of 7/16" square stock about, oh, 12-14" long.
Clamp about 1.5 to 2" in a vise, heat it cherry red with an oxy-acetylene torch, BEND the long part to 90 degrees, let it cool, de-burr the edges, and you now have a tool you can keep in your toolkit.
If you have the ability......find a piece of 7/16" square stock about, oh, 12-14" long.
Clamp about 1.5 to 2" in a vise, heat it cherry red with an oxy-acetylene torch, BEND the long part to 90 degrees, let it cool, de-burr the edges, and you now have a tool you can keep in your toolkit.
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You can also use a 19 mm 12 point socket to remove a 1/2" square fill plug--I just did it today when I changed my diff oil.