Failed Safety Inspection

Sad, failed safety inspection...
-Headlights are blue
-Rear Brakes soaked in Oil
-Rear Axle seal is leaking

Advise: Parking brake, works but could work better...

How bad is a rear axle seal to replace?

 

Not too bad, but you do need a press.

Pull wheels, pull brake shoes and cylinders, four nuts on back side of brake backing plate, pull entire backing plate/bearing/axle shaft as one piece, take over to press, remove one snap ring and press apart, press back together, install snap ring and reverse process to reassemble, bleed the brakes when done, top off the axle oil.

There are two seals. The outer seal is changed using the above process. The inner is simply pulled out of the axle tube while you have the axle shaft out and replaced by hammering in the new one like you would if you were packing front wheel bearings.