Thread: 124 E300D rear differential leak
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Old 07-21-2006, 02:15 PM
TMAllison TMAllison is offline
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I have the same leaky seal on my 99 E300.

How difficult a DIY project is replacing this seal from a techinal standpoint? Does the drive shaft unbolt and seal come out w/o distrubing the guts of the diff or are there gears and shafts that must be removed from the diff to get down to the seal requiring realignment when being put back together?

Additionally, my axle has the same greasy coating (to the same degree) as is shown in Chazola's photo. Is it the groups opinion that is comming from the front seal or that the axle seal is also leaking? My CV Boots seem to be in good shape.
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