hey guys, tryin to replace my oil seal, seems to be my transmission problem, and i cant get the damned ball joint off to lower the front A-arm.. do i need the 'special tool' or is there a easier way to do this, or another way to get the driveshaft out easily so i can pop in the new oil seal? or do i get to wrestle with the car a whole lot more to get something to end up working?

help..

 

u dont have to remove it to take off the axe, just unbolt the hub from the strut, and rotate the hub away. then pop out the axle, its that easy. yoor just making yourself do more work then needed.

 

can anyone post a pic of what the spline on the driveshaft going into the transmission is supposed to look like? mine looks worn out.

 

how about post a pic of yours and we'll tell you. wink1.gif

 

NO.. lol just got it all back together lol.. lets just say the spline doesnt come to the point.. but its not all ground off.. prob like 1/16" of flat spot all way around.. but it still slides in and spins with the diff. on both sides... so instead of..

/\ its like

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/ \ lol thats best i can do.. the flat spot is about that long too..

 

its fine, if it was rounded off more then it should be, then you would definitly know just driving it.

 

alright kool.. now lets hope i put enough oil on the seal to seal it all up.. and hope its pounded in all the way.. so i dont leak any more, and grind gears.. barely spilled ANY gear oil, got my new funnel thing lol..

gonna drive it in a bit and hope my problem went away..

 

lol xxmonoxidechild hes not just curious because hes bored and happened to notice the driveshaft, his car is driving like crap, and hes trying to find the problem

here are the pics, but i doubt thats whats wrong mang.

Your lucky we happened to have a couple driveshafts sitting around lol.

 

that looks fine to me.


if it was rounded a bit, that means it would have spun in the trans, and i was just pointing out, thats not something you wouldnt notice, thats something that would make u pull over, and crawl on the ground in the rain to check it out...

 

xxxmonoxide your funny

He wanted a pic of a driveshaft that is in good working order so he can compare to his, those are selinas driveshafts for her Auto/manual swap, not Socks' questionable driveshaft.

but i agree, i doubt this is the problem