Hey gents. So after doing my front brakes, now I have a leak from the LF axle. ?  If it's not one thing, it's another. Having said that, how do I change out he seal? Do I REALLY have to pull the front diff cover, along with the ring and pinion? Seems ridiculous. And I don't want to mess with shimming and lashes. Any tips? Thanks

Not sure on having to remove the ring and pinion but I do seem to remember reading about that for one side or the other. I do know the seals have to be installed from inside the dif and not the outside.

You have to remove the carrier out of the differential to be able to replace the seals. Drive them out from the differential side then install from the axle side with a long driver tool. I had a shop do mine and watched the mechanic during the process.

Yea it is not exactly a fun process. You do not have to re setup the carrier. Just keep the shims and caps to their respective sides.

Thanks for the education guys. I knew they were difficult but had it backwards.

I think I read that for the driver side seal you don't have to remove carrier. Hats what I'm trying to figure out. Because passenger side isn't leaking

Either case you still had to install from the axle side. Getting the seal out is just easier if you remove the carrier.

If you have cad you can get the passenger side. Drivers side the carrier has to come out.