Rear seal leak
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From: Seguin/San Antonio Tx.
Rear seal leak On my 98 TA the rear seal where the driveshaft yoke goes in is starting to seep so i pulled the DS off and there's a little play in the output shaft how do i replace the seal and the bushing inside the extension housing?
There is a special tool called a Bushing Remover to get the bushing out but I was never able to get one,and heard it was about $200.. I Moved my exhaust,torquearm, and driveshaft out of the way, pulled the rear seal off and seen the bushing. Ended up pulling the tailshaft off,slid it off about 4 inches and used a screwdriver to bend it and yank the old bushing out.. then put the new bushing in as well as a new seal from autozone for $8.99 p.i.t.a.
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Check the side-to-side play of the bushing with the yoke in (grab the yoke and try to move it up/down)... it most likely is ok.
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I agree, depending on where the output shaft's support is, there could be a decent amount of play and it be completely normal. I remember an older ford trans I had was like this. Perfectly normal.
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