Resolved Circular spring popped out with axle seal on rear diff

[PVDSM]

while prying out rear differential seal a spring popped out, I was wondering where it goes cause I can’t seem to locate it on the other side… I looked on the graph as well and there seemed to be multiple springs in the rear diff? Not sure. Where does this go?

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[97egl]

It goes inside of the seal you were prying on. It's used to create tension between the inner lip of the seal and the surface it seals against.

 

[steve]

It goes inside of the seal you were prying on. It's used to create tension between the inner lip of the seal and the surface it seals against.

Exactly. Like this.

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