Still, are you messin' with the stuff near the universals or the stuff near the tires?

From his posts he is doing an axle shaft seal which is the tire side.

Yes its the seal by the tire which was leaking. I removed the shaft and there is the seal, the bearing then this big flat typ washer which is compressed onto the axel but not sure what it actualy does. I think whats throwing people off is that they changed the set up on the axle in 2000. The manual says I have to take it to a machine shop to have it compressed of then switch the seal and then pressed back on. I also called the shop that rejected the Jeep and gave an estimate to fix and they said they send theirs next door to the machine shop which I'm going to use. Thanks for all the help. Getting it apart only took about an hour so hopefully it goes back together in about that same time. The shop gave me a price of $385.00 to replace so it has been worth my time.

OK I found a site for jeep people and the peice is called a bearing retainer which is pressed on.

Alright , I'm finally up to speed and am no help on that one.
I did replace all of that you are doing on my wife's '80 CJ,
but that is a completely different animal.

Well it was easy to get out but the bearings and seal are behind a compression ring which I had to take it this morning to a machine shop to have them pulled and new ones put on. Then the axel, bearing and seal all slide in at the same time. Thanks for trying to help and it does not have an axle nut so that was never an issue. It just bolts on as one unit.

Make sure and check the inside of the axle tube for a seal. I know there was always a dust seal behind that axle bearing, but the main seal used to be inside of the axle tube.

Well there was only the one seal and actually it was pretty easy to do. Beside having to take it to a machine shop (to have the bearings pressed off) the removal and installation took about two hours total.