rear end leaking

i noticed a small puddle of oil after my rig was sitting for a while. It was directly under the rear end. I smelled it and it smelled like my dirt bike oil which is 80 weight, same as a rear end. Then i looked under it today, and it's leaking from the front of the rear end, where the shaft goes into. Any one know how much this is to replace and what i need for parts?

sounds like the pinion seal, ive done it but it wasnt easy, i dont like rearend work, you might be better off paying someone else to fix it, but thats just me

That would be the only thing I can think of. I agree, I hate that kind of work and would gladly pay someone else.

Hell, I'll change it for you for $50 + parts. Takes all of an hour to do it.

pinion seal.

As long as you have a strong impact gun. Changing a pinion seal is a snap.

I did it with some muscle, not much of a problem.

breaker bars help ALOT!

No one likes easy these days huh. 1.5 literal seconds with my earthquake 650lb impact gun and that pinion nuts off. Leaving the rest of the 10 - 15 minutes of playing around with it to you guys polishing your "muscle" or breaker bar :) .

You and your power tools. I need to get some myself...lol

yes power tools are great

Until they break. You'd think, a Husky compressor bought at Home Depot, belt breaks, you'd get a belt from them right? No, of course not the jerks. :cya:

No belt on mine. Infact, not even any oil to change. 3 years strong and still making that 6 horsepower and 150PSI and delivering the CFM to drive everything from my 10 inch orbital sander to my paint sprayer.

No belt on mine. .

So what drives your piston then?

You know, I have no idea. I never investigated the internal working of the thing. I just know it does not have any exposed external belt like a older unit I have and it always delivers up to 150PSI within a matter of a few secs and it is obviously making some power cause it can drive my 10 inch orbital sander at 90PSI without it slowing down to a near stop cause my old 4.5 horsepower unit with a 10 gallon tank use to drive the sander for like 35 secs then it was dead and had to stop for a minute so it could recharge.

Most units now, including my Husky are Campbell/Hausfield with a electric motor that turns the crank wheel via serp. belt. I know what you mean tho, I got the 30 Gal. 6peak hp@125 psi. Not a bad buy at the time, but now with bigger, hungrier toys, I'm selling it and upgrading next spring to 80 gal :nodyes:

what causes my rear end to start leaking.

power tools are for pussies.

power tools are for pussies.Yeah, be a real man and hammer out jack stand pins while your under the car :rolleyes:

:rofl: (man that was the best shit ever!!!)

yea dude live life on the edge lol

yea dude live life on the edge lol
Do you remember what I told you the newspaper headline would be the next day? :icon16:

remidn me hahah

I said the local newspaper would have the headline "3 foot tall man dies of stupidity" then I laughed for a long time :lol:

what causes my rear end to start leaking.
Just wear and tear on them. Mine started leaking a little at ~80k miles.

Just wear and tear on them. Mine started leaking a little at ~80k miles.

Thank you for answering the question, atleast someone was paying attention :rolleyes:

Carry on :screwy: