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An oil seal is just a steel ring that is an interference fit to a shaft. It can be replaced easily unless the shaft or housing are damaged. The effort goes into dismantling and reassembly, not the seal replacement itself.
I've had both front (oil weeping out of CV joint housing) and one back (oil weeping onto brake drum assembly) axle seals replaced on mine - neither difficult nor expensive. I'm afraid that my technical involvement was limited to writing a cheque, but it wasn't a big one on either occasion.
Panic not!
Christopher Bell
Devon, UK
1996 1HD-FT
An oil seal is just a steel ring that is an interference fit to a shaft. It can be replaced easily unless the shaft or housing are damaged. The effort goes into dismantling and reassembly, not the seal replacement itself.
I've had both front (oil weeping out of CV joint housing) and one back (oil weeping onto brake drum assembly) axle seals replaced on mine - neither difficult nor expensive. I'm afraid that my technical involvement was limited to writing a cheque, but it wasn't a big one on either occasion.
Panic not!
Christopher Bell
Devon, UK
1996 1HD-FT