Half Shaft Seals

[Dave M]

As Ive removed the diff to strip the underseal off the boot floor I thought I would replace the half shaft seals as there was some oil sprayed about above the diff. Cant get the flange off, tried a puller but that didnt work, has anyone else done this job and do I need to get the flange pressed off?

Managed to get under one arch stripped of underseal, car has been body colour underneath at some time and covered over with underseal, no nasty surprises as yet hope that continues

When I cleaned the diff, which I previously removed and painted about 10 years ago it had topaz overspray all over the top of it, how the hell can a "professional" spray painter get overspray onto the top of the diff:X. Powder coated subframe and trailing arms are also covered in overspray with a coat of underseal on top to hide it.

Dave

[Kevin Garrod]

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Either a press to get the bits apart or cut the old bearing off.

[flying farmer]

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Tighten the puller as much as you dare then place a hammer head between the flange and the oil seal protector and whack the opposite side with another hammer.

The pinching action between the two hammers usually pops the flange off. I have done 8 or 10 of these over the years and it hasn't failed yet.

If you do miss and flatten the oil seal protector they are fairly easy to knock back into shape

Use a three legged puller though to spread the load, and try to keep the puller legs as far from the bolt holes as possible to lessen the risk of distortion

Neil