Diff oil leak

[allanb]

Just a quick question about my diff oil leak please guys.

Do you know if it is possible to get the oil seals for the input shaft as a stock item? or is there a bigger list of parts required to over haul the diff?

There is a slight leak from the diff, at the input shaft. Have been topping it up with oil periodically, and all seems OK apart from the fact its not quite right!

The car is a '99 Chim 400.

Cheers
Allan

[Ribol]

It should be a BTR diff on that car and the pinion seal is readily available.

The question is does it leak because the seal has gone hard and now leaks or is it leaking because the pinion bearing is knackered and is causing the leak. The cheapest way to find that out is change the seal and see if the leak comes back.

[allanb]

Ribol said:

It should be a BTR diff on that car and the pinion seal is readily available.

The question is does it leak because the seal has gone hard and now leaks or is it leaking because the pinion bearing is knackered and is causing the leak. The cheapest way to find that out is change the seal and see if the leak comes back.

Thanks for the feedback ,

I'll give it a try and see where we go from there!

Cheers
Allan