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Old 10-02-2007, 10:02 AM
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rear diff seals, diy?
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Default is it wet or dripping?
I've had one side wet for a long time. I recently changed the fluid and it was still right below the fill plug hole. I was just going to replace it with the STaSIS rear LSD

get your mind out of the gutter...
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Default axle seals were easy enough.
<center><img src="https://www.audiworld.com/tech/pics/eng103_tb_17.jpg"></center><p>Think about the picture for easy removal of the seal. It took a few hours to both seals on my car. Seal removal was time consuming. If I only did what the picture shows...<ul><li><a href="https://www.audiworld.com/tech/eng103.shtml">Picture from this TB writeup</a></li></ul>
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Default that's kind of a personal question... maybe better suited for OT?
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yup. done that with cam seals. used a socket of the same size to push the new one in.
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Mine is actually rather wet (rear diff)
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