ewokracing
Active Member
So Ron and a few others recommended changing the diff housing extension seal before stuffing it all back together. Rather than try and do it when the diff was back in the car (ie and use the rest of the driveline to stop the driveline from rotating as you undo the bolt holding the flange on), I used an impact driver and it came off easily.
BUT
I think I have found another fine example of ham fisted "specialists" once again passion fingering the poor car.
So bolt undone and flange removed:
What's this stringy stuff? Shit. It's silicone. And it's everywhere.
The more I looked, the more I found:
Where I think the seal sits (Ron? Help!) it was full of silicone.
About an hour later:
I always thought the mating face of the tailshaft flange had a grease coating. Uh.... no.
Finally free of Silicone.
BUT. That washer and small O ring isn't factory by the look of it? Do I just use a normal Flat washer? Is that area where I dug the Silicone out of suppose to have the seal sitting in there and sitting so the grove faces towards the back of the car?
BUT
I think I have found another fine example of ham fisted "specialists" once again passion fingering the poor car.
So bolt undone and flange removed:
What's this stringy stuff? Shit. It's silicone. And it's everywhere.
The more I looked, the more I found:
Where I think the seal sits (Ron? Help!) it was full of silicone.
About an hour later:
I always thought the mating face of the tailshaft flange had a grease coating. Uh.... no.
Finally free of Silicone.
BUT. That washer and small O ring isn't factory by the look of it? Do I just use a normal Flat washer? Is that area where I dug the Silicone out of suppose to have the seal sitting in there and sitting so the grove faces towards the back of the car?