So I took my mustang to the mechanic over a suspected oil leak, it would only smell like burnt fluids when I really got on it for an extended period of time. I took it to the shop. They diagnosed the pinion seal was leaking, spraying fluid on high rpms on exhaust. I hired them to replace seal. Supposedly they measured break away torque and rematched. I took it home and it was still leaking. So they suspected my driveshaft was the issue, so I bought a one piece drive shaft, took it in again and had them replace drice shaft and pinion seal again. Got it back yesterday, and it’s still leaking . What in the world, any ideas on why this pinion seal is consistently leaking?? Pinion flange??
To add, before he replaced it the first time it was noted there was slight scarring on pinion nut. I wonder if original owner miss torqued nut when replacing seal, and if that’s the case I wonder how one would go about finding right torque for it
To add, before he replaced it the first time it was noted there was slight scarring on pinion nut. I wonder if original owner miss torqued nut when replacing seal, and if that’s the case I wonder how one would go about finding right torque for it
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