Thread: alxe seal woes

Gotta watch places like az, or o'reiley especially. At least here anyway. I went through 2 ps cv shafts from them. Wasn't until later I realized they kept giving me at shafts instead of mt. They kept telling me they were mt. FINALLY, one of them caught it in the system and ordered me a brand new unit for the trouble....on the house. So at least they made up for the mistake.

I have done plenty of axle seals on p10's, p11's, b14's, dsm's, one b13 and they all sit flush in the hole of the transmission. What is this metal rod you speak of? On all the cars I listed there was just a hole. I'm so confused, but glad you seemed to have it figured out.

I never had to drop any transmission or crossmembers. But hey whatever works for you guys.

the shaft that the axle end goes into. it sticks out a little. but i cant find anyone around here that has the right seal. and the dealer will take days. i heard napa has one from someone on here does anybody happen to know the part number for them, they have like 3 different ones listed.

You're describing stuff none of us has ever seen or experienced. You say there is a shaft that sticks out of the transmission a little that the axle end goes into? That's not right. Please take pictures for us if you can.

I will try to find pictures of what it should look like for you.

FINALLY!!!!!!!! Someone as confused as I am.

Okay this is what the driver's side should look like with the seal fully installed:



It is the "large" seal.


This is what the passenger side looks like with the old seal in the process of being removed:



It is the "small" seal and the inner diameter where the axle shaft passes through should be the same diameter as the driver's side.

Sorry I don't have a better picture of this side, but that seal sits flush with the case, and just like the driver's side, there is nothing protruding past the seal or even into the seal.

I bet they keep giving you the driver side non LSD seal for your passenger side LSD tranny. They are almost identical but not the same. I have seen this before.

When I put my seals in, I stick them in the freezer for about 10min. Them install them other wise its a PITA...

when u have the correct seals its easy as cake

Nice trick, I will try it when I change my seals.

i will post pics. maybe my trans is messed up, its hard to describe but i think you will know what i mean when u see it. not trying to confuse anyone...lol i just have a hard time explaining things when im runnin on 3 hours of sleep or so