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davey
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oil leak

Post by davey » Fri Oct 03, 2014 4:40 pm

have an oil leak from the prop flange on my 04 3.0 x3, the one from the tranfer box to the front dif, can i pull the flange and replace the seal, ??

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Re: oil leak

Post by kkx5 » Sat Oct 04, 2014 11:27 pm

Yes but you need to take transfer box out to remove prop shaft. Seal size: 50/70/8/12 clockwise speen.

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Re: oil leak

Post by davey » Sun Oct 05, 2014 10:13 am

oh ******* thought i could drop the front prop shaft, pull the flange, and hook out the seal with the box in situ, hmmmmmm, rgds dave

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