RTV on splines of pinion yoke

patdugan said:

Hey!
I drive a 99 Wrangler Sport and was changing the oil in the rear Dana 35 when I decided to replace the pinion seal which had been leaking slightly. Upon removing the yoke, I noticed whoever had previously serviced the differential had coated a pretty large amount of RTV on the splines of the yoke and by extension the input shaft.

The Jeep had been driving fine, and I ended up putting this all back together as-is with a new seal and new pinion nut, but now I'm wondering if I should disassemble and replace the yoke itself. Any thoughts?

Thanks,
Pat

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Wildman said:

There is actually a rubber gasket you can get for that. The RTV is just a stop gap. I don't know that I've ever seen one leak that didn't have the gasket or RTV on it.. So I wouldn't worry about at this point. And if things are working OK now why take the chance pulling it back apart.

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Blackjack said:

While more common on tcase versus pinion yokes, it is not a bad thing to put a light film of RTV on the splines but whoever did that went way way too far.



Really I only worry about tcase yokes but I can not stand those rubber washers and only use RTV now.

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