Dana 30 axle seals

[Tacedaddy]

Today My buddy brian was off work so i helped him pull his dana 30 apart
after an hour I was down to this

and this

are the bearings supposed to feel a little loose :eeks1:

Using a broom handle and a 1 1/4 socket to knock the old seals out and install the new ones works great, only screwed up one perfectly good TIMKEN seal

So after a trip to autzone and another hour of cursing I had it back together

everyone needs a brightly painted diff cover right?

all done

sorry about my "cool story bro" but i was pretty proud of myself. Shop quoted him 300 bucks and i did it for him for about 30

 

[OnorOffroad]

Nice job

 

[BleepinJeep]

broom handle, Id like to have seen that!

 

[Tacedaddy]

^ actually worked great, I saw a writeup on GO-Jeep using like 8 extensions but the skinny wooden broom handle did WAY better.

Its funny to think the axle shafts are only slightly thicker than that

BTW i like this picture.. my jeep dwarfs his