Well, got my t-case back from TRE after R&R and ralliart LSD install. Installed it and filled fluid. Come out next morning to find a nice drip puddle under car on passengers side under the axle.

I did overfill it, so I assumed it was pushing out of the seal. So, I undid the fill bolt and let excess run out. Cleaned everything up with brake clean and let her sit overnight. Again a puddle...

The dang seal is leaking for sure. I know the axle is fully seated and there is no play in the axle side (just the little play from factory that normally exists)

I am so frustrated. I am about to order a new seal on tuesday and get back to ripping it all apart.

So, is this seal easily replaced? I hope I don't have to take the t-case off the car for this? Do I need any special tool to install this seal? Any other things to know before I start to do this?

Please advise!

Thanks!

 

Anybody?

 

You have mail.

 

Jon - replied back, sir!

How does the seal go on? I hope I don't need to remove the t-case to do it?

Also, when I took the axle off, looks like tranny fluid is coming out of the end, is this normal? I thought tranny and tcase fluid stayed separate?

Not sure if I have bigger issues...

 

yeahhh supposed to,,,, ,,, a very comon mistake we all do is that little oring between the TC and tranny actually there are 2 o-ringsa very small one that maybe fits over your pinky and another one maybe 2 inches in diam,,,,,make sure those are seating in place and they are not pinched or nicked,,, those seem to be the biggest issues,,,, hopefully you actually installed them back when you assmebled everything back together,,,,,

oh and by the way on order to check that you have to dissasembly everything appart,,,,


good luck and take it easy

 

yep, I made sure that o-ring was installed correctly, I remember ensuring that they did. I thought if the o-ring wasnt there, fluid would leak from the edges of the t-case and the tranny...not thru the t-case. I am confused....

 

Did you ever replace the seal? Was it a big deal? You're right that it's probably the CV joint seal. I know this is an old thread but it's the first one that came up in search.

 

depends on which seal you need replaced. just to let you know if your t-case is stock and you launch your car chances are you'll have this problem again. I just sent mine to Sheps Racing in Ohio for a stage3 build..tired of replacing the stock one every other month =) hope this helped