It took that long because I had to pop out for the puller (20 mins). It took around 20 mins to get car set up on ramps. I was also stood around talkin to my cousin while the oil dripped out, prob could have had the job done in around 4 hours. The garage also reckoned they would have to drop the exhaust too, but I didnt.
I used a little tac hammer to start off putting the seal back in then moved on to a rubber mallet with my secret weapon to get it in until there was enough thread to get the nut back on and pull it all the way home.
Jim
P.S Tunnie, I was scared of snapping bolts too but, i got a lot of force on them and they stood up to the job, a torque rwrench would be ideal, except on the diff bolt itself.
SUCCESS!!! . Took around 6.5 hours (garage quoted 5 hours). took my time and hey presto no leaks and all new oil. Not much oil came out once the seal was out maybe less then a quarter of a litre, which i found to be quite a shock because it wouldnt of been long before it would have been bone dry .
Big Thanks go to Marks DTM Calib for the ace how 2
Im gonna be replacing my seal on staurday and i have a couple of questions:
What size is the diff pinion nut? do i need a deep socket to fit on to it? when replacing the diff pinion nut, is there a torque setting i need to set it at? or is it a case of line up the punch marks?
Thanks for any help guys + Thanks go to Marks dtm Calib for the how 2 .
Its just finding one, thats the problem im having. searched through a cpl of salvage yards too for a write off but still nothing. maybe 1 will turn up when it snows