anyone replaced a front pinion seal on a dana 30
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JK Freak
Joined: Dec 2009
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From: Mobile, AL
anyone replaced a front pinion seal on a dana 30
Mine is leaking like crazy and I don't really want to pay someone to do it. I definitely don't have a warranty so that's not an option. How hard is it to do? What exactly do I need to do?? Any help would be appreciated because I don't even know where to start. 
JK Enthusiast
Joined: May 2011
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From: Wasilla, Alaska
From what've read so far it's pretty easy to do and doesn't take very long.
"Take off the yoke, use a putty knife or thin bladed flat-tip screw driver to carefully pop out the seal. clean the whole surface and apply a THIN coat of RTV to the seal flange. push the seal in as far as you can get it by hand and tap the rest of the way in with a rubber mallet or dead blow. put the yoke back in and torque the pinion to 160 foot pounds."
"Take off the yoke, use a putty knife or thin bladed flat-tip screw driver to carefully pop out the seal. clean the whole surface and apply a THIN coat of RTV to the seal flange. push the seal in as far as you can get it by hand and tap the rest of the way in with a rubber mallet or dead blow. put the yoke back in and torque the pinion to 160 foot pounds."