Rear axle oil leak

Eric2205 · Post by **Eric2205** » Wed Jul 31, 2019 4:13 pm

Leaving my Scimitar garage I found that the few drops of oil that I have under the diferential have turned into a lot of oil
A priori the leak is at the front of the rear axle

Added oil is not complicated but I would like to solve this problem.
Can you tell me if it's complicated to do? If it's just a seal to change?

Post by **peter freeman** » Wed Jul 31, 2019 4:33 pm

A seal - th4ere are a number of threads on the site which will tell you how to do it - sorry I don't have the time at the moment to write it out for you

Eric2205 · Post by **Eric2205** » Wed Jul 31, 2019 4:36 pm

Thanks for the answer, I will search the forum

Post by **Old and Slow** » Wed Jul 31, 2019 4:36 pm

Hardest part for me was getting the old seal out without the proper tool.
IIRC some diffs use a collapsible spacer that goes inside so that torquing up the flange is a solid job. You might need a new one.

Eric2205 · Post by **Eric2205** » Wed Jul 31, 2019 6:00 pm

A new one ? a new diférential ?

Post by **peter freeman** » Wed Jul 31, 2019 6:51 pm

Not axle or diff - collapsible spacer - long time since I had to replace a seal and that was on a Coupe. The main thing to do is mark where the nut is before you remove it then you can tighten it up to the same position. You also need something to stop the flange from turning when you apply the force to undo and redo the nut - I used a bar ( or length of angle iron ) screwed in the flange bolt holes and jammed against the chassis ( or ground ). The seal I have always removed with a ( large ) screw driver. Get it right and the fitted collapsible spacer should survive.

Post by **Roger Pennington** » Wed Jul 31, 2019 7:45 pm

There's a good description from Tony Idle in this link

Post by **scimjim** » Wed Jul 31, 2019 7:51 pm

Just added that post to the end of the seal discussion in the FAQ section here.

Eric2205 · Post by **Eric2205** » Wed Jul 31, 2019 8:08 pm

Thank you very much for all informations

Post by **Old and Slow** » Fri Aug 02, 2019 10:01 pm

Peter,
Thanks for clarifying my comment on the collapsible spacer; I did the same with mine - marked the position of the nut and re-fitted the flange after replacing only the seal. Diff is still working OK.