Thanks man I was a little nervous about this job you made it look easy my local garage wanted 500 bucks but I have my own left I will be doing this on my own

Awesome video, definitely feeling confident enough to finally take care of my axle leak. 👍🏻

Fantastic video...short, sweet and to the point!

4 years later this video is still helpin us broke jeepers out. Thanks man. Does a goatee count?

Big help for packing for overland trip. Thanks

Just did mine today! Thanks for the video, it was super helpful.

Definitely the best how to video I've seen. Thank you so much, saved me 500 for the stealership to do it.

great video buddy, it helped me and my kid to get the job done - cheers from Costa Rica !

A great tip I got from another video: Don't remove the center hub bolt, just remove the 3 hub to knuckle bolts and pry the hub out with a flat head punch and a sledge hammer by hammering around it till it separates from the knuckle. Then pull out both the hub and axle shaft together.

Oh man I missed one of your videos. Luckily recommended saved the day!

Great vid . Great job at explaining!

In the U.K. jeep main dealer wanted £912 in labour plus parts. The gearbox’s shops wanted £500 plus. Thanks to you I’ve done it for £12 and a bottle of oil. Thank you so much!

Great video 👍 this will help me out a lot I have to do mine soon! Thankfully I have a friend with a shop and I found your video to help us! 😎

I have absolute confidence in doing this after watching your video. Plus I'll save 1300...lol your my new go to guy.

Nice video, very well done

Such a helpful video thank you so much I have to replace mine in the apocalypse

Great Video, very good presentation!

Great info brother

Piece of advice: place your shims in the freezer for about 15-30 minutes before it is time for you to reinstall the differential. This should help you slip the differential into place more easily (if you are having difficulty). Great video, by the way!

Good video helped me a lot thanks

Thanks for the video.

Great vid

Thank you, young man, you were very helpful. And I will stay bearded and keep Jeepin.

Well done, there's only a couple things I've done differently in the past. -remove the tie rod so you can pull the gear set straight out -on pulling the gear set, you can use a rag to force the gears apart and the gear set will walk right out into your hand -I bought the Mopar seal installer for cheaper through an online vendor and WOW does it make a world of difference -I went cheap the first time with Synergy seals that looked identical to factory seals (also a 2010)- it's worth going to the new Mopar style seal despite the synergy being $6/ each -Jeep uses a special orange RTV on the outside of those seals when installing them -a little grease on the splines doesn't hurt when resembling -LubeLockers.....but that's a personal choice. I've not had to monkey around with RTV on covers in 8 years now.

And great video Kyle

Great vid. Just redid the front end in my 08, and did the pinion seal. Should have just did the inner seals at the same time, hopefully I didn't leak too much of the new RP out before noticing lol

great video!

I have remove that hub farrrr too many times. Good video bro.

Thanks! We’ll be doing this on a friends jk soon! Great timing!

Nice one buddy! I have a large washer welded to a piece of rebar i use for scraping the axle tubes. National makes good seals

Great video 😎👍 straight forward info" get to point do it yourself process.

Thanks man

Great Vid man! Your hubs came off so easy! 🤣

My 2013 Jeep Wrangler sport is leaking all seals. Inner & outer looks like. The video helps. I just need to find time and help to do this. Thank you for your videos.

Excelente explicación y detalles

Thanks

For removing the old seals, a 1-1/2” dia sched 40 PVC pipe works great.

Great video! Just a couple suggestions. First, if you are going this far, check your ball joints and u joints and do them too. Also, make sure you have an axel guide. Not sure about the driver side but the passenger side axel is longer and you need it for sure.

Cool. Thank you!

Congrats on your KZfaq channel Success Kyle. Great informative Channel. Dustin B - Newport

Great video. I just noticed oil coming out of my Dana 44 axle shaft so I’m guessing it’s the seals. I will give this a shot myself now that I’ve seen your video. Thanks

Awesome video mate, I probably should do the ones in my tj soon

great video i have leak in one front passenger side so time to change but im going to do BOTH side just in case front and back axels thanks for the video now question what axel did you have

PRO TIP: always remove the fill plug first on anything you do... that way you don't drain fluid you cant replace. ;) of course there are ways to fix a broken fill plug, but you may need to drive somewhere to do that.

Man ur the best

you are awesome thank you for explaining. ive been topping off the pumpkin for about a year now cause I was too scared to do it myself and couldn't shell out 700 to have it done. I didn't want to mess with the r+p. going to grab that tool and attempt this myself.

What a great video, two questions; 1) what year is your jeep? 2) how much more complicated is it if there is a locker? Thank you in advance.

JK rear axle seal busted today... wheel and fender flare covered with oil 🙄🤦‍♂️☠ This video will save me quite a bit of money !!

This video was much helpful,just finishing up with my axle seals repair,how long do the seals usually last?

Great video some info for people live up north: on stock Jeep to get better access to the diff, unbolt the tie rod on driver side, and lift the tie rod with bungee cord if you live in rusty area, do not hammer on the 12 point bolts directly, they will get damaged, and each bolt is $20 (Canadian) from Fiat/Chrysler. to remove the hubs, use a 7 ton puller, I broke a smaller 3 claw puller trying to remove the axle hubs. Use brake cleaner to remove dirt and rust, use penetrating oil before removing any bolt. Before putting everything back, put anti-seize on all contact surfaces. My front differential gear carrier didn't come off easily, I had to stuff a rag in ring gear and turn the drive shaft to force the gear out. a case spreader would be nice. doesn't seem very hard to make if you have welding machine.

Nice video! Professional tip here - never ever install a seal and axle dry. You should always lubricate the entire ring of the seal and the sealing surface of the axle. I know there is diff fluid up against the inside of the seal but in the case of a double-lip seal, you will smoke that seal in just a couple miles of driving it..

Thanks for the video, very helpful. Do you have a link to the seal installer tool that you used, the 2-sided one?

You're lucky the bearing came off that easy. I work at a jeep/dodge/ram dealership and let me tell you , most of the time, the bearing don't come out this easy. Using the original bolts risk the chance to damage to threads. Best to find a matching bolt and hit it hard from behind. You won't get these bearing off with light taping and wd40 lol Most people don't touch them bearing for 100k+, unless you live somewhere that has no winter or rust. I live in Canada, New-Brunswick, winter are harsh around here. I use a matching bolt and hit it with a big air hammer with a special attachment that fits like a socket. It's a gamble to take on this task with simple hands tool and no air compressor. It's not a hard job but some people will get deceive on how easy this one was on video and be stuck at the bearing part or even before that. Good job tho!

Great video guys! I have a Rubicon with the factory locker. I heard you need a special tool to remove the electrical locker connectors. Do you know if that's true and if so what tool?

Hi. Very useful video. What brand seal do you recommend for my jk. Thanks.

Thanks for doing this vid. I have a 16 jku with open dana 30, i see you did not need a case spreader?

Thanks again, 2 questions though, can you fit the seal without that tool? And how much different is it to do a Rubicon diff?

Enjoyed your video. Can you tell me where you purchased the inner seal press tool?

Great video Thanks a lot I will give er a go Does it matter if it's a rubicon with the diff locker Same job sir???? Ohhh and I have a beared also friend

Great video! My 1999 XJ did not have any shims is that normal?

Why do you remove the 36mm axle nut and then the hub from the axle? You can just remove the hub and axle together unless you need to swap the axle or hub. It is less stress on the unit bearing if you do not remove the hub from the axle. Great video.

lmao i was thinking guten-tite and then you said it! LOL

I pulled the old seal, on my 13 and i was looking for a replacement and seems like mine is two parts seals, is any difference? and also once i pull the axle shaft out, there is some seals that came out with it , thank you on advance

Gonna try this weekend and do the rear axle seals. Should be the same thing, right?

I have a 2018 Jeep Wrangler JK Unlimited Sahara edition I am looking for the rear inner differential seals any ideas on where to get these? I'm struggling to find the correct parts. I believe its a Dana 44. there is oil on the rotor shield on the rear right axel area.

after watching your great video, I feel that I can tackle this task. Do the gears always come out that easy like in your vid or will I have to pry it out of the differential? I watched another jeep video, that I would have to get some kind of spreader tool for the differential housing to get the gears out, is this true? thanks

I'm part way through and is going exactly like the video except I can't get the gears to budge. I broke down and ordered a differential case spreader (Amazon for a little over a hundred.) It should arrive on Monday and I should be on my way again.

Unless your replacing the hub bearing too dont bother with the 36mm hub nut just got straight to the 12point 13mm and the hub and axle shaft will come out together

Great content. I’m not going to do it cause I don’t have all the tools. Fml

I have a 2016 wrangler, I went off roading about a year ago. Got stuck n put a lot of pressure on one of the front wheels winching it out. Notice a little oil like fluid had leak from one of the front wheels on the inside near the axle I guess. Now my abs n traction control lite comes on only in the summer when temps are warm, but never in the winter when temps are cold. Anything like that ever happened to you or have you heard anything like that.

1) what size socket did you use to knock the old seals out? 2) will those seals work on a D44?

Great video. Made it look easy. My dealer wants just over 400 bucks in labor. How long did it take you just on the ground with Jack stands?

Need the link to that seal press 😎👍

I had to wait till my beard grew before I attempted this job!

Hey Whats up Eric

What if you have a Rubicon front dana 44, what do you do with the carrier/locker when there’s wires attached to it?

Great video I have 2014 Jeep unlimited Sahara how do I know what axle I have Dana 30 or 44? Thanks

Thanks for the video. Could not have done the job without it. After putting it all back together I tested it out and could hear a tearable gear sound when I put it into 4wd. It sounds fine in 2wd. What is the mostly mistake I made?

Is the tool and the installation the same for a 2016 Jeep JK Dana 30? Thanks.

Can you use break cleaner for the differential housing/parts?

Is the spec for the torque of the side caps 45 ft/lbs- 60 ft/lbs? Currently have my jk dana 30 apart. That was the torque spec I was told by a friend. Currently torqued at 52 ft-lbs.

Got a quick question, is there an O-ring inboard of the inner axle seal between the race bearings and the carrier. I removed mine on both sides of the diff pumpkin. I can't find a part listing for an O-ring but I noticed that in every picture or video it looks like sealant squeeze-out or an O-ring. Don't wanna do rework at this point!

This might be a stupid question but is there an 'outer' axle seal as well? Thanks for the helpful video!

I need to replace my Rear Axle Seal '11Jeep Wrangler. The outer ones near the tire. TO do this do you just buy a new rear axle shaft? And if its leaking on the outer axle does that mean its time to replace the inner axle seals? My guess is yes but I am a rookie. What do you think, please?

How much fluid does the diff hold? I have a leak on the passenger front seal. So Im about to tackle this job, replacing both seals along with ball joint replacement. I just want to get all the necessary supplies. Lol

I took off the driver side axle. I can't get the gears out. Do I have to remove the passenger also?

What’s the tool you used to install the new seals?

So the carrier doesn’t need to come out if only doing u joints ?

I was thinking of replacing the axle shafts that come with the seals already on them. Will that work also? What throws me off is that the seals you replaced seem to be inside. Installing new axle rods, the seals are definitely going to be outside.

Great video, Whats the song used in the background?

Successfully completed based on your video...thanks. However, now I hear what seems like a slip in the gears upon initial acceleration, this happens only once until the vehicle is off, sits, then goes again at each start up, it does not happen when driving after that. Also, now have speed sensor error C1014 I can’t keep clear. Wheels were disassembled again and both sensors cleaned, error remains. Any thoughts on either of those issues? Thanks

Is the dana 30 like a chrysler 8 1/4 ?

When the gears and carrier come out. It doesn’t matter which way the carries goes? As to when you flipped it out and over the tie rod. You definitely turned it. As long as you keep everything on the same side you should be good? As in like, say you pull the gear out at 12 o clock. You could throw it in at say 6 o clock as long as it’s on the appropriate side? With sims bolts etc. That paints an easier picture? Lol

I was able to remove one of the three 12-point bolts, the other two are stripped. Any issues with using MAP gas to heat them up?

Hi

Are both sides the same part number or different for drivers side and passenger?

Please type of oil do have to put another slippery oil or just Axle oil

Turbo rad. I can buy all the tools and parts and still save $700 over the shop cost to have this done. Let's see how it goes 😅 Was this a dana 30? I've heard some times there are outer seals as well?

why did you remove the hub from the shaft?

What year of Jeep is this? I need to replace my axle seals on my 2012 wrangler sport.