rear Axle Seal Leak causes bad shoes - cost?

Had the Taco in the shop yesterday, and they said they noticed a very decent rear axle leak on the drivers side read side. i was told it would be "around" $500.00 for machining the drums, new shoes (old ones are saturated), new seal, and all labor....does that sound a little expensive?

 

I had both seals go on my '97 GMC Sierra. After replacing the seals, I simply replaced the brake shoes with new ones and used a wire brush and brake cleaner on the drums. Some people will say that the gear oil soaks into the metal of the drums, but this seemed to work for me. I never had any issues for years afterward.

Apparently the Toyota seals are pretty easy to do yourself, much easier than my GMC which required opening up the differential and removing the c-clip.

Someone did this recently on here:

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/2nd-gen-tacomas/235352-axle-seal-leak-need-some-help-please.html

 

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No need to turn drums, just clean it all really good with brake cleaner,
and definitely put on new shoes.

 

Hell with that.

No way you have enough miles on that 07 to need the drums turned. They're looking to screw you.

Clean with brake clean and a rag.

You'll need to pull the shoes and springs off, pretty simple really, just pull the drum off the other side and then refer back when you run into snags. Nothing overly complicated needed.

Pull the brake line (pinch the flexible line with some vice grips and stick a cap on the end of the line).

Pull the e-brake cable and abs sensor.

Undo the 4 nuts and pull the axle shaft. Pull the seal, install new one.

Then assemble with new shoes and if need be a new brake spring kit.

Nothing complicated and if you have some screw drivers, a hammer, some pliers, a jack, and some stands you can get this done.