Pinion seal replacement

[jd468megawide]

I think I tq'd it to 500 ft/lbs, 125 on a 4:1 multipier. There was some obvious wear on the yoke but nothing I could feel with my fingers. At the time I don't think bearing wear had crossed my mind, but now after seeing the seal fail in only 40k it must be. I'll probably end up buying a D80 rebuild kit from Quad4x4.com and looking for a factory LSD to replace my open diff.

Deffenetly mark your DS,yoke, and diff. housing like in the pictures above I didnt mark the yoke/driveshaft and ended getting a bad hop under decelleration and had to flip the shaft 180.

Hmmm... Maybe so. You oughta go out and drop the driveshaft and see if you can move it up and down. Might just be that little groove on your yoke wearing out that seal.