Pulls and presses the round metal halfshaft seal cover on Hyundai and Kia A6LF1/A6LF2/A6LF3 AWD transaxles without gouging the case or cocking the new cap.
If your Hyundai Santa Fe, Tucson, Palisade or Kona AWD, or a Kia Sorento, Sportage, Telluride or Seltos AWD, has a damp ring of fluid around the round metal cover on the side of the transaxle where the transfer case or right-side shaft comes out, you are looking at a pressed-in seal cover that has started to weep. This kit is the dedicated puller and press set for that cover on A6LF1, A6LF2 and A6LF3 6-speed AWD transaxles. It replaces the screwdriver-and-hammer method that dents the cover, scars the bore and leaves the replacement cap cocked so it leaks again within a few thousand miles.
The A6LF family is the Hyundai/Kia 6-speed automatic built for transverse engines; the digit after the letters tells you the torque capacity, which is why the same cover shows up across so many models. On AWD versions the case has an extra opening on the output side for the transfer drive, and the factory closes part of that area with a round steel cover that is pressed into a machined bore. There is nothing to unbolt. Getting it out cleanly means gripping it from the inside and pulling it straight, and getting the new one in means driving it evenly around its whole edge. That is exactly what the pieces in this case do. The set is a copy of the dealer special tools listed as 0K214-P2500, 0K214-P2501, 0K214-P2502 and 0K214-P2503.
A low fluid level on these units can show up as flare on upshifts or a delayed engagement into Drive, the same complaints that point to solenoid or valve body wear. Fix the leak and correct the level before you judge the shift quality or buy a replacement A6LF valve body.
Clean the case with brake cleaner, drive for a day, then look again with a light. Fluid that tracks from the edge of the round cover, rather than from the halfshaft lip seal next to it or from the transfer case itself, is the cover. Transfer case gear oil is thicker and smells of sulfur; transmission fluid is red to brown and thin. If you find both, fix both while the shaft is out. Check the fluid level per the service procedure for your year: these units are checked hot at a specific temperature, not with a casual dipstick glance.
The listing covers A6LF1, A6LF2 and A6LF3 AWD applications from roughly 2005 to 2025: Hyundai Tucson/ix35, Santa Fe, Palisade, Veracruz, Kona AWD, Sonata AWD and Azera AWD, and Kia Sportage, Sorento, Telluride, Borrego/Mohave, Seltos AWD, Optima/K5 AWD and Cadenza AWD. It does not apply to front-drive-only cars, rear-drive Genesis models, commercial vans or electric vehicles. Hyundai and Kia used several case variations over twenty years, so compare the cover diameter on your vehicle with the tool photos, or send us your year and VIN and we will check before it ships. Browse the rest of our transmission tools for other unit-specific pullers and installers.
Support the vehicle safely. Because the cover sits where the transfer case or right halfshaft leaves the transaxle, whichever of those blocks the cover has to come out first. Drain enough fluid that the level sits below the cover. Seat the expansion claw fully in the cover before you tighten it, set the positioning block flat against the case, and pull slowly and evenly. Inspect the bore: light scratches can be dressed with fine emery, but a gouge that crosses the sealing band needs attention before the new cover goes in. Put the new cover on the press-fit socket and drive it until it is flush with the case face, checking from two sides that it is square. Refill with the Hyundai/Kia SP-IV family ATF your owner's manual lists for that year, then set the level hot.
If the unit is coming apart for more than a leak, the A6LF1 master rebuild kit covers the seals, gaskets and frictions, and a worn pump can be swapped for the remanufactured oil pump assembly where the part number matches your unit.
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A6LF1, A6LF2 and A6LF3 AWD transaxles from about 2005 to 2025, including Tucson, Santa Fe, Palisade, Veracruz, Kona AWD, Sonata AWD and Azera AWD, and Kia Sportage, Sorento, Telluride, Borrego/Mohave, Seltos AWD, Optima/K5 AWD and Cadenza AWD. It is not for FWD-only cars, RWD Genesis models, vans or EVs.
No. The case holds the tools only: positioning block, main pulling rod, mounting base, two lock nuts, press-fit socket and expansion claw. Buy the replacement cover for your exact vehicle by VIN.
You can, but prying usually bends the cover and scratches the bore, and a new cover tapped in with a hammer tends to sit crooked and leak again. The claw pulls it straight out and the socket presses the new one in square.
Use the Hyundai/Kia SP-IV family ATF your owner's manual specifies for that model year and set the level hot using the service procedure. Do not top off with a universal fluid.
Usually something has to come out. The cover sits where the transfer case or right halfshaft exits the transaxle, so whichever part covers it on your model must be removed. Follow the service procedure for your vehicle.
Clean everything, drive, and trace the wet line back to its highest point. Thin red or brown fluid from the cover edge is the transaxle; thick gear oil with a sulfur smell is the transfer case.
