Fred from MO
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So now I have the shaft out of there and the seal sits in there with not much room to work. The JD service manual looks like the guy is driving the seal out from the outer end of the axle shaft housing with a long bar, but if you look down the axle shaft toward the seal there is no way to catch the inside of the seal and drive it out toward the center of the tractor. I have started using a screwdriver/chisel to work it out through the releaf cut into the side of the housing, but it just bent the old seal and I may have to dremel it out? Any other tricks anyone has tried. There is not a lot of room to work in the axle housing. I was not able to get the wedge loose on the flywheel side tire so that entire axle,wheel and tire are still in place. I may take the tire off and drive the axle out with along bar with the wheel still on the axle on that side and use a cherry picker to work it our. Or I may say the heck with it and since it wasn't leaking leave it alone? Anyway if you have a trick on removing the seals please let me know. Thanks