Removal Procedure
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2004 Oldsmobile Bravada and 2004 Buick Rainier. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
- Raise the vehicle. Refer to Lifting and Jacking the Vehicle in General Information.
- Remove the front propeller shaft. Refer to Propeller Shaft Replacement - Front in Propeller Shaft.
- Remove the dust shield from the front output shaft.
- Lightly tap the screw driver around the edge of the front output shaft seal.
- Pry the front out shaft seal from the transfer case.
- Remove the front output shaft seal from the transfer case.