how to change the pinion seal on a dana 60?

Is there anything special that I need to do to change it.Can someone post step by step on how to change it. Don't want to over look a step and mess it up. Just started leaking over winter.

Clean around the nose of the housing and then remove the pinion yoke, pry the old seal out very carefully, clean the inside where the seal sits real good and install the new seal. Make sure there is grease on the inside of the lip on the new seal and put a little, fine coating of wheel bearing grease on the pinion yoke surface the seal rides on and reinstall the pinion yoke, torque the pinion nut to 250 Ft Lbs You might want to put a catch can under the front of the rear end to catch any gear oil that might spill out when you remove the pinion yoke . Check the rear end after your done and add oil as needed throught the filler plug, I like to keep mine down about a 1/2 inch from the edge of the oil filler hole when cold

Nice thing with DANA is everything is set by shims. Unscrew the pinion nut , remove yoke , install new seal , reinstall yoke and tighten nut. No worries about crushing a crush sleeve and getting the preload too tight.
The thing I would want to know is why is the seal leaking? Is it just a worn out seal, or is a bearing starting to go causing the seal to leak.

Pat

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Nice thing with DANA is everything is set by shims. Unscrew the pinion nut , remove yoke , install new seal , reinstall yoke and tighten nut. No worries about crushing a crush sleeve and getting the preload too tight.
The thing I would want to know is why is the seal leaking? Is it just a worn out seal, or is a bearing starting to go causing the seal to leak.

Pat

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Good point! If there is a groove worn into the yoke you can get a repair sleeve, problem solver seal (moves the seal lip out IIRC), or just use some sealant on the seal to housing surface and tap the seal almost all of the way in, but no seated all the way. This will allow the seal to ride on virgin yoke surface...

I have a Dana that has been running like that for 12 years. The problem solver seal was out of stock that day and we had to get the car back together.