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Pretty tough job there, Lucky. Got all these bolts to take out to seperate the half shafts from the carrier (center section), then unbolt the drive shaft from the carrier, then you can lower the whole center section, and unbolt the rear cover. THEN there are clips that need to come out which retain the side pinions (yokes) themselves, and the seals can be pried out at that point, and you need (or are SUPPOSED to have) drivers to put the new seals in. Loctite 5900 is supposed to be used to seal the rear cover, and the bolts that hold on the half shafts and the ones to hold on the rear cover are supposed to be replaced (rear cover bolts are 1 time use only and angle-torqued). I'd recommend doing the drive pinion seal also, this requires another special driver and also before disassembling the differential (once it's off the car)the rotational force of the drive pinion should be measured and when reinstalling the input yoke the torque is set using the previous measurement as a guide.
Worst part of the job IMHO is unscrewing all the bolts holding on the half shafts, they can be stubborn! Best to have compressed air available.
Gilly
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