rear main seal

  1. Jt223

    Cockeyed rear main seal

    Hello all, I am halfway through replacing my rear main seal. Figured I would do it while I was replacing my clutch. I just pulled the bearing cap and, as you can see in the attached pictures, the seal had apparently walked itself around a little. Both halves were sticking out about a half inch...
  2. Jeep05tj

    Rear Main Seal SOLVED - Additional Tips, Tricks, Thoughts and Theories

    Hey all, sorry for the overkill but thought I'd write up what I did after I successfully sealed my RMS. I have totalled three attempts over the year and thought I'd talk about the differences and what has and hasn't worked. Attempt 1: July 2022, Felpro RMS, 3mm offset, RTV on RMS ends...
  3. 1998WranglerTJ

    Coolant drip near rear main seal

    Have a coolant leak posted a week ago or so. Dropping the Jeep off on the 4th to Jason at Absolute Offroad here in PHX. Filled back up with some distilled water and ran the car for 10-15 minutes since it hasn’t been started in week. It was DUMPING coolant after reaching close to operating...
  4. F

    Bell housing & rear main questions

    Tracing a lower engine knocking/ticking and checking the tightness of the bolts on what I believe is the bell housing? The bottom right bolt upon trying to tighten just continuously spins instead of getting tighter. It is in place and not freely moving around but it is not snug at all and...
  5. N

    NV3550 Advice

    I have a 2001 TJ 4.0 with an NV3550. I had some normal nv grinding from 1-2 and then got worse on downshifting. Just recently it started to come out of third when decelerating so I took it to a shop and long story short I need a transmission and a clutch no surprise which they quoted me 4900...
  6. prger

    Is this my rear main seal leaking?

    New here, trying to get some insight about this leak. It leaves a small puddle of oil every night. I was told it could be the RMS or oil pan gasket. Anyone have/seen a similar leak?
  7. M

    Jeep TJ Oil Leak

    Hey Everyone, I've been frequenting this forum for a while now and have found all the information I need for all my jeep related issues but recently I have encountered an issue that I could not locate on the forum, I would like to apologize in advance for this lengthy post and if I am...
  8. tnkayaker615

    While I'm at it...

    So I'm going to be replacing my clutch in the next couple weeks and plan to address an oil leak (possible RMS?) while its apart. I was wondering if there is anything else I should look into or replace/repair while I'm at it? My goal is to steadily "restore and strengthen" each system with the...
  9. T

    99 Wrangler 4.0 Rear Main Seal Leaks at Idle

    Gents, I recently acquired a 99 TJ wrangler (RHD) with the inline 6 and five speed transmission. The car is twinlocked, lifted. 32 inch muddies, spotties, rear bar, rock sliders, hardtop etc. etc. etc. with less than 140,000km (or less than 90,000 miles). The car drives great, no fluid leaks...
  10. john arata

    Rear main seal

    Thought i had a leak from my oil plug guy said its a main rear seal.Its leaking very little and my oil is never low. Are 2004 TJ 4.0 known for rear seal leaks.Also can i just use that bar leak stuff ,or would you have it fixed. Also any idea of price As always thanks
  11. Chris

    Rear Main Seal Replacement (4.0)

    This article was originally written by Michael Kang, owner of DailyDrivenTJ.com. I take no credit for this article. Just sharing a great how-to article with the TJ community. When the time came for me to replace the leaky rear main seal on my TJ, I searched online for a decent write up. Some...