Well today i thought id pull the wheels off the ol cougar... wash em up nice like and ... to my surprise...yess indeed i have not 1 but 2 axle seals leaking! bahhh so i pull the tire off , take off the 4 nuts holding the axle in then.... whats the next steps .. from here i have no clue. i kinda wish i had another 9inch to play with and learn from but alass ...

anyways thanks for any help

bill
ps. is it just the seals gone or could there be anything else wrong in there.. i know for a fact its gear fluid and not brakefluid thanks again ! (y)

Pull the axle ..........I suggest one at a time......fix one side ...then the other.....seeing as you have NEVER done this before.....

Once the axle is out......( you may need a axle puller ) ....you can see the seal.....just up the axle tube.......remove it and replace it ......but SOME 9 inch Ford axles have the seal built into the bearing.......then you will need to go to the machine shop and have new bearings ( with the seal in them ) installed



Above is a photo of a axle tube.......you can see the seal real good in the small bearing one.......

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Bill, I pulled the axle seals in my 9" for the first time last year. I replaced both of them and of course the one that didn't leak now leaks. Go Figure! My axles came out with a good prying and tug. I pulled the seals out with the hook end of a pry bar. Just be careful that there is a lip that the seal is pushed in against and don't pull on that. I also found out that putting the seal back in nice and straight is very important. Find something that is almost the same od that you can use to tap it in. I put some non hardening sealer in against that lip so that hopefully it is a little insurance. Good Luck - Tom