Hello Everyone,

The front axle pinion seal and end seals are leaking pretty good on my Aerostar.
My Aerostar is a 1997, 4.0L AWD XLT which I believe means it has the Dana 28-2 axle in the front.
I'm planning to replace the seals along with the axle shaft bearings while I am in there.

I am getting confused on which end seals and bearings to use.

Thank you in advance!

Ross

 

After looking through the manual yet again, I've answered my question above.

To clarify, the E-AWD Aerostar uses the Dana 28-2 front axle (3.73 41x11)
Not to be confused with the Dana 28 or 35 axle.

So the answer to my original question above:
The Dana 28 & 35 passenger side INNER axle shaft oil seal & INNER axle shaft bearing are the same on the passenger AND driver side of the Dana 28-2 axle.
Furthermore, the pinion shaft seal used on the Dana 28 & 35 is the same seal for the Dana 28-2 pinion.

I'll post pictures after I replace these parts.

Here are the links to the parts:
Axle Shaft Bearings:
https://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo...05209&jsn=1666
Axle Shaft Seals:
https://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo...19935&jsn=3261
Pinion Seal:
https://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo...05209&jsn=1667

 

That's great to have verification. Kudos to you, and to Rock Auto for having great parts cataloging. I recently tried to look up some U-joints from another source because of a discount, and found that they listed the wrong part for my vehicle. Rock Auto had very specific listings, and were correct, so I ordered from them. It turned out even with the discount from the other place, Rock Auto's final price were still lower, for the same part numbers.