97 AWD Front Diff

[fordsRfun]

So i am getting quite a bit of leakage out of my front diff. It appears to be coming out where the driveshaft goes into the diff. Does this mean that I have to replace my front drive shaft? As always...THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

 

[corkey]

not the driveshaft, but just the pinion seal
that is the only thing that could leak there,,

 

[gijoecam]

Indeed, it's likely the pinion seal. My local trans shop charged me $70 to replace the seal re-torque the nut, and refill the diff. It continued to leak after that, so I purchased a new yoke from the dealership for $30 and they installed it for me for only the cost of another seal (IIRC another $15 or so). Haven't had an issue since!!

-Joe

 

[fordsRfun]

Wish I had the tools

It seems like a pretty straight forwards job however, the dealership is only going to charge about $140 to do the job so I will just take it in. Going to have them replace the yoke as well since it needs to be pulled anyway(no more labor cost). BTW, anyone come accross a thread the details the how to process for this??