Hi All,
First post so be gentle. I've just recently had my drive shafts off as I need to replace the rear shocks, I'm now about 150 miles down the road after putting it all back together and tonight I spotted a significant amount of 'gearbox" smelling oil forming a puddle.
This is not coming from the bell housing pretty certain it's the radial shaft, but I didn't remove this when replacing the shocks just took the drive shaft off via the six bolts and pulled away once loose.
So question is could doing this damage the seal ? And has anyone replaced it? The seal looks to be about £3.50-£10 but I'm a bit worried on the sensitivity of removing the old and putting in the new.
I see loads of posts on IMS/RMS but no guides on this one.
Can anyone help? If it went can it be done in situ or do I need to dismantle to same extent as replacing shocks.
Cheers
Chris
First post so be gentle. I've just recently had my drive shafts off as I need to replace the rear shocks, I'm now about 150 miles down the road after putting it all back together and tonight I spotted a significant amount of 'gearbox" smelling oil forming a puddle.
This is not coming from the bell housing pretty certain it's the radial shaft, but I didn't remove this when replacing the shocks just took the drive shaft off via the six bolts and pulled away once loose.
So question is could doing this damage the seal ? And has anyone replaced it? The seal looks to be about £3.50-£10 but I'm a bit worried on the sensitivity of removing the old and putting in the new.
I see loads of posts on IMS/RMS but no guides on this one.
Can anyone help? If it went can it be done in situ or do I need to dismantle to same extent as replacing shocks.
Cheers
Chris
