How to change gear box drive shaft seals

whitecrook · 28 Dec 2009 at 21:10

Anyone know how I get the old drive shaft seals out and the new ones in? I got a kit and it has 2 large seals which obviously go in each side and a 3rd smaller seal not sure where that would go?

Is it just a case of getting a screwdriver and levering it out and pushing a new seal in?

It's a F17 vectra gearbox

whitecrook · 28 Dec 2009 at 21:54

Is it worth replacing the seals? Or should that be 'it's alwasy worth replacing the seals'

The gearbox is lying on my hal floor. Access shouldn't be a problem. Was trying with a screwdriver for 5 mins earlier... seems like a tight bugger. Hence I thought there may have been some kind of knack.

Should I be sticking the driver in the rubber bit, or between the box and the metal outer, or underneath to try and hook it somehow

whitecrook · 28 Dec 2009 at 22:34

Here's some pics of it. Nothing unusual other than the 3rd, smaller seal ... http://whitecrook.ath.cx/vec_gb/

Ahh I see the pics above. Will just give it another try, only this time I'll try to be more manly and out-alpha it.