2010 Chevrolet Express 3500 Axle Shaft Seal

You can raise the vehicle, remove the tire and wheel assembly, the brake caliper mounting bracket, the rear axle housing cover and the gasket, the pinion shaft locking bolt, the pinion shaft and the shaft part way, push the flange of the Axle Shaft toward the differential, and then remove the C-lock from the button end of the axle shaft, the axle shaft from the housing and the axle shaft from the housing.

You can position the universal bearings on either side of the yoke on the propeller shaft, install the universal joint spider, press the universal joint spider, install the retaining ring in the yoke, rotate the propeller shaft and the universal joint, install the other two universal bearings and wrap them with electrical tape or equivalent to hold the bearing in place, position the universal spider in the slip yoke, install the universal bearings in either side of the slip yoke, fully seat one of the universal spiders in the universal bearing, press the universal bearings into the slip yoke, install the retaining ring in the slip yoke, rotate the slip yoke, position the slip yoke in the propeller shaft and the universal bearing in the yoke of the propeller shaft, center the universal spider in the universal bearing, press the universal bearing into the yoke, install the retaining ring in the propeller shaft yoke, and then rotate the propeller shaft and the universal joint.

The procedure is to assemble the differential case, install the ring gear to the differential case, hand tighten the new ring gear bolts, install the new ring gear bolts and the differential assembly, fill the axle with the proper lubricant, and then remove the support and lower the vehicle.