RE: B Body tapered axle inner seals

["Earl H. " <earlh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Butch,

The inner seals are a bit hard to get in. I messed up quite a few until 
I realized that you have to have a seal driver that is the correct diameter 
to get them set correctly. It has to be metal, heavy duty or the seal will 
not go in correctly. It is worth the investment.

Earl


Yes, I agree. I bought one off of Ebay that looked like the one shown in the
Mopar service manual, but it's too big. I may make one. The one from the
parts store is just too small in diameter, cannot help but disfigure the
seal as I drive it in, no matter how much I try to work around the
perimeter. /Butch 

-----Original Message-----
From: Jimmy Peavy [mailto:peaver63@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2007 6:43 PM
To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: B Body tapered axle inner seals


Not much to say, except that you need a driver that is slightly smaller than
the seal.
Only slightly.

   Jimmy

Willard Edison wrote:

>After ruining several inner axle seals attempting to drive them into 
>the rear axle tube of my 64 Sport Fury B body, I finally got two to go 
>in 'almost' straight and not bent, using a tool I bought at the auto 
>supply store. Still, I'm not convinced I did a really good job of this. 
>They don't look quite 'factory'. Also, there are small springs that go 
>around the circumference of the rubber seal on the inside, which popped 
>off on both seals as I drove them in. I did manage to manipulate them 
>back around the rubber seal from the backside of the seal, but again 
>this may be an indication that I really am not on track as to how to do 
>this. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks/Butch/ Ferndale, WA
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