2012 rear pinion seal replacement

Notice gear oil dripping from my axle the other day. After doing some research and help from you guys I decided to tackle this job. Plus I like working on my on ride.so first I drained the gear oil. remove the drive shaft and mark where the pinion nut was. I recommend air tools for this.pulled the old seal and replace it with the new one. bolted everything back together filled it up with gear oil (80-90w)and took it for a test drive. No leaks. Took me about an hour. Not sure what caused it to leak there was some sand around the old seal.

 

nice! glad it stopped the leak

 

Me to. I don't think the gear oil has ever been changed. 35,000 miles. Next is the diff extender mod.