Rear axle seal leaks

They need to (destructively) remove & replace the bearing to replace the seal. It is not rocket science, but does require a press to install the new bearing.

I don't think that anybody that has replaced the rear diff check valve vent with a hose vent has had any further axle seal problems.

$420??? Holy Crap! Surely your local mech. can do it for less than that.

Time to find a new dealer.

bestatchess said:

I don't think that anybody that has replaced the rear diff check valve vent with a hose vent has had any further axle seal problems.

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So do they know to put this 'hose vent' in or is that something i should ask about?

What is that anyway? not too familiar with that area...

Thanks for the info

Same thing happened to me last oil change but I have a good dealership. They replaced it on them...no money out of pocket!

$420 sounds steep. My dealer did the job in 1.5 hours or less per side.

54warrior said:

$420??? Holy Crap! Surely your local mech. can do it for less than that.

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Exactly! Check out the local shops.

Also, there was a guy on another forum that put on the breather mod and still had a the seal go. Like a lot of us it was the right side. He even took the breather mod off so the stealership wouldn't blame the mod for the seal failure.

I'm still planning on do the breather mod but it doesn't sound like it's a fix all for the seals.