Ok so I replaced my front drive shaft on my 07 JK the other day.Now where my D/S goes into my front axle is leaking. I tightened the bolt to 160 ft lbs. What could it be?

 

Leaky pinion seal needs to be replaced

 

How hard is that?

 

So I called Oreilly's and they have a pinion seal for the dana 30, it is for a 7.125 ring diameter. Is this the right one?

 

Its not that hard but look up seal installation on the internet. Must go in square. They make a tool for driving them home.

 

Iam not familer with the dana 30s but it sounds about the right size. Now we talk 44s and 60s I know well sorry

 

Ok so I go to Oreilly"s and this is the part they gave me, it is not even close. I took some pics of the seal and the rear of my axle where the seal is. I know when I took the D/S off and when to loosen the bolt it wasn't very tight, I torqued it to 160 ft lbs and used red lock-tite on it. I figured I would have a hard time getting the yoke off but it just slid right off. Could the yoke not being tight against the seal cause it to leak?

 

If I'm not mistaken its an internal seal

 

Great, so now I am going to have to wait till the Jeep dealership opens monday to get the part. So can this part be bought at a local auto parts store and if so does anyone have the part # for it?

 

I know Autozone has Pinion Seals for the rear. My guess they would have one for the front too. Call and ask