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.
Last edited by Stillrunning; 02-22-2009 at 10:39 AM.
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