Pinion seal leaking?

[GOTTORQ]

went to go start my car a few days ago at the garage its parked in. started her up and moved it forward towards the garage door so the fumes could air out.

after i moved it forward i was walking back inside, was going to let it idle for a bit. And i noticed a basketball size oil stain on the garage floor right about where my rear end would be.

Crawled under the car after i turned it off to see if was my diff cover, and i cant really tell, there doesnt appear to too much oil coming from the diff cover area, looks like it could be dripping and running down from the driveshaft.

I did some searching on here to see if anyone else has this problem, some guys have, but how hard is it too fix? am i pulling my rear end out? just dropping the driveshaft? I want some feedback to see how hard its going to be. i dont really like people working on my car, unless its something i cant do. anyone else go thru this? the car is an 2008 with 24k miles.

 

[TexasBlownV8]

Locate where it's coming from: the fill plug, pinion area, or vent on passenger side axle tube.
Pinion seal failure is not that uncommon.

 

[GOTTORQ]

i need to really check it out more, but i think its the pinion seal. anyone else come across this? how hard is it to fix?

 

[Royski]

I got a slight leak in mine as well. Noticed it last week. Going down to MAP in Richmond Saturday to have it fixed and put 4.10's in as well.

I have heard it is not that bad of a job, but the local Midas by me wanted close to $300 to fix.

 

[kevinatfms]

get it done by someone who knows what they are doing. no hackjobs or your gonna be paying out the anus to get it correctly done.

 

[TexasBlownV8]

The trick to doing it properly, involves keeping the pinion bearing preload set up properly. The pinion flange has to be removed to replace the seal, and putting it back on has to be done right.
But $300 is way too much. The seal itself is not expensive, but the labor will get you.
Might as well get different gears at the same time, which is what a lot of people do.