Hi,
I have a leaking dif front seal that needs replacing.
I have my car up in the air, 24" and have removed all the neceassary fastenes except the remaining front subframe ones.
I'm handling this repair myself and am wondering if I can 'semi' safely drop this rear suspension assembly by myself with a 2 ton jack (or two)?
wj

 

I did the same as you and discovered that the Diff assembly is really heavy and awkward to find centre of gravity with a trolley jack. It just wasn't safe enough to continue as a one person job. In the end I reduced the mass by partly stripping the assembly and used a Motorcycle lift to lower the whole lot and also to lift it back in. Much safer this way and I also used wooden planks to chock each stage and keep it balanced.

 

Do you think two people, two floor Jack's with transmisson adapters would work?
Or any other suggestions short of stripping it further.
Thanks
Wj

 

pinion seal quite do-able in situ. Of course removal might enable more extensive maintenance work.

 

Can you lower the car so the subframe is resting on blocks, then undo the bolts and raise the body up and off?

 

Baxtor is right ..... unless you want to do any other work, all you need to do is drop or remove the prop shaft and you can access the oil seal directly. I changed one last week in a couple of hours.

Of course, changing or topping up the diff oil is a nightmare job on some versions of the X100, actually harder than changing the pinion oil seal. There are ways around this but dropping the diff does make changing the oil a thousand times easier.

Richard