Truck: 2004 DC Tacoma 4x4
Pass side front diff axle seal part# 90311-47013
So I just cant seem to get this thing seated in there properly. I have read where a couple of guys would just barely get the seal seated in the housing and then pound their CV shaft back in there letting the CV seat it in the housing the proper depth. Does this really work? It would seem to me that the pressure from the CV pushing it in might damage the seal. Also over time the seal being right up next to the rotating CV might cause friction and damage the seal more rapidly.
It says in the FSM to seat the new seal in 5.5mm +- .3mm, is that from the inside diameter of the seal which is the softer rubber with the metal spring behind it, or the outside diameter of the seal that would be recessed in the housing?
Pass side front diff axle seal part# 90311-47013
So I just cant seem to get this thing seated in there properly. I have read where a couple of guys would just barely get the seal seated in the housing and then pound their CV shaft back in there letting the CV seat it in the housing the proper depth. Does this really work? It would seem to me that the pressure from the CV pushing it in might damage the seal. Also over time the seal being right up next to the rotating CV might cause friction and damage the seal more rapidly.
It says in the FSM to seat the new seal in 5.5mm +- .3mm, is that from the inside diameter of the seal which is the softer rubber with the metal spring behind it, or the outside diameter of the seal that would be recessed in the housing?