Hey guys
My '95 Disco 1 has a leaking seal where the rear prop shaft enters the differential.
This does not LOOK like a difficult thing to replace, but what the hell do I know.
We are desperately trying to keep this thing on the road for at least one more year before getting rid of it -- there are just too many things wrong with it at 197K miles for it to be worth repairing.
Oh yeah, the rubber coupler thing is cracked too and this looks like a great time to replace it. Looks like there are three bolts holding the rubber thing to the prop shaft and three more bolts holding the rubber thing to the stub axle in the diff.
I think I am supposed to remove the prop shaft from the diff then remove a nut in the center of the stub axle (pinion I guess it's called) to remove that flange so I can get at the seal? The official service manual doesn't cover replacement of this seal -- they cover rebuilding the diff which I have no interest in doing at this point.
How difficult is this job really?