Great video bro, thanks. Why cant more vids be this straightforward and bs free... Absolutely great big help to show the hoe's guts, and great attitude, if you think its that easy that makes me feel better.
Outstanding!! BRAVO!! magnificent work brother 👏 hands down the best how to video on the ls rear main seal by far. I love the simplicity and the work smarter not harder mindset. Looking forward to seeing more content from you sir. way to show these people the right way to attack a over complicated process and simplify the process with minimal tools and effort. Keep up the outstanding work my guy. 💪
Man, that sure is some gnarly looking welding on that exhaust pipe!..was looking for a video like this, because I don't have any fancy shop with a lift and so on to do this in.. good job :)
I got a 2wd so mine will definitely be easier but I get the just of what you were doing, I’m ready to knock it out but so much time for a 42 dollar gasket🤣😂
Excellent! I knew this was possible without pulling the tranny all the way. I'm in the middle of doing mine. Pulling the transmission back tomorrow. Got all the bell housing bolts off along with the torque converter bolts and cross member this afternoon. Just need to pull the lines and im ready to push it back. Thanks for the video. 👍
@@artysmotorsports ok thanks. I will figure a way to strap it to the jack plate before pulling it back. I'm just using a modified floor jack but built a large resting plate out of a 2x8. I will probably pull down the trans crossmember down on one side until i clear the single center stud then put the member back up to have more stability.
@@artysmotorsports Your tip helped. I had a dog chain hooked up to the side pan lip and screwed that to the 2x8 plate. I saw it rotate a hair before the chain tensioned up. Got it pulled back enough without even disconnecting the lines. I knew they would have enough play. 👍
@@artysmotorsports Got it done. Holy cr@p that was alot of work. But it was worth it. Now i got everything fixed on my Tahoe... i fixed my front ac blower, rear blower, visor, rear main, new oil pan, gear selector display and order a new Blaupunkt double din stereo-cd/dvd player...
I fw your video bud I just got an 06 Yukon Denali awd and the shop wants 1800 to do it I know I could do it just didn’t wanna pull the trans and everything
Not looking forward to this but gotta be done with the trans pan gasket. Did you support the engine or did it hold its place when the tyranny slid back
thanks for showing this video, I dont have the tools at the moment to do it but its nice to see how to reach that spot cause I got a oil leak and its not the oil pan gasket unfortunately
I have a 2005 Yukon 5.3L 4x4. Looks exactly the same. I may have a very slow rear main leak. I just got it and am watching it now after a fresh oil change. Has 216,000 miles on it. Seems to run great though. 3 questions: 1. Was there a cover on your inspection hole that shows the bottom of the flex plate? Mine does not have a cover of any type. I can see the bottom of the flex plate. 2. I have a pair of ramps that raises vehicles back or front tires by about 12". Would that be helpful to use for this job? 3. So the rear seal has two parts? A shaft seal, plus a shaft seal cover gasket?
I don't remember if I had an inspection cover. I've seen a rubber or metal one on a few of these. Ramps may depend on the height of your yukon mine seemed to be slightly higher in the rear so the jack stands basically leveled it. Yes the rear main seal cover has a gasket and the rear main seal is installed on the cover so technically two parts.
@artysmotorsports i didn't notice a gasket at the bottom of the plate. Is it just metal to metal across the bottom? It's not supposed to hold oil I assume, if it's leaking from the rear main, right? More or less just a dust cover?
@artysmotorsports also, I think mine is leaking from the oil cooler line mounting point. There is a gasket there that's known to leak down, and ends up on the filter and even the back and bottom area were the inspection hole is...that general area. I had oil on my filter, but it was tight.
@artysmotorsports so by design, if the plate cover seal and oil pan gasket don't leak, oil could build up in that small area if the round main seal is leaking?
