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Old 01-18-2009, 04:33 PM
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I have a good bit of oil leaking from my front axle around where it connects into the tube that then goes into the front diff. It seems to have sprayed oil in a circle from it turning. Question is what is it thats leaking (a seal of some sort). Also how hard is it to change.

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Is it green? If so, you blew a CV boot. If not, it could just be the lip seal on the passenger side extension tube.
 
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no its not green, all my boots are good. i think its the lip seal how hard is that to replace its getting kinda bad.
 
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Getting the CV shaft out is the difficult part. You have to pop a ball joint loose to get enough room to get the CV shaft room to pull out of the axle tube. You will also need a good peice of wood and a 5lb hammer to get the shaft out of the axle tube. Once the CV shaft is out of the way, it is not too difficult.
 
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