hi all , done a search ,must be me cause not much came up..am replacing the right hand side axle seal, have got diff cover off , how do i remove so called clip so as i can remove axle.. its a 95 xj..cheers

 

righto then, got the axle out which is a piece of cake when ya know how, jack it up , take wheel off, drain oil, cover off, undo little bolt that lets the small rod slide out, push axle in , take c clip out, slide axle out.....NOW the fun begins, seal was easy to get out, not so the bearing...have used a bearing puller have used heat ... now am going to run a weld around the old bearing inside ...and hopefully that will work....will take pics and do a bit more info....cheers....

 

heres a pic of the c clip ,rod and the small bolt that holds it in..

 

and that's how its spending the night, because like a dumb-*** i thought it would be easy fix so did it outside at the entrance to my driveway and rain forcasted for tonight..

 

heres the little sucker...

 

well the weld worked a treat. popped out easy as.. i used the old bearing to tap new one in, careful not to get old one stuck..cleaned all the oil and **** with brake cleaner.put it all back together, new seal around diff cover. took it for a run and all is sweet...... don't know if i explained this too well, but i am learning as i go..... heres one tool thats great when you have to do diff oils... works a treat....

 

heres a pic off my ugly weld to get bearing case out.. shriks the case ,nice ....now the way my jeeps been going lately should be good for another 5 or 6 miles

 

um ,wee tip. if you do need to replace seal+bearing because its leaking, you may as well do the other side thats not leaking because it soon will.... just did the other side today.. waste of oils...... told you i was learning as i go...