A seal is a seal,,,,, if does not seal then it is bad,,,,, the inner seal
is to stop all oil from getting past it,? you did not by chance put the
seal
in backward did you, the outer seal is to keep the grease on the bearing,
and the dust from the brakes from getting to the bearing,,,,,,,
you also have to be careful when installing the axle after the inner seal
has been installed, they will not handle the axle shaft being slid down
them
while installing it,,,,,
In a message dated 5/6/2011 3:02:17 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
waedison@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
Okay, so when I went through my 64 Sport Fury I got a couple of years
ago,
I rebuilt the rear brakes, put in new rear axle bearings as well as the
inner and outer seals. The seals I put in leaked, on both sides, ruining
the
brake shoes. I had a difficult time installing the inner seals even
though
I have what I think is the correct Miller driver # ?-839. After ruining a
few inner seals, I thought I got it right. While taking it all apart
today,
I don't see any apparent problems with the seal faces.
So, I've taken the rear axles out to take a look. when I pulled the first
axle, I got about 2 cups of rear end oil on the ground. I see that the
oil
is sitting level with the bottom of the seal as it sits in the axle. In
other words, the axle tube is full of oil up to the bottom edge of the
seal.
Did I simply overfill the rear end when I refilled it? The SM says the
rear
end takes 4 pints, but what does that look like from the end of the axle
tube ? I used what I thought was the correct rule of thumb when filling
it,
filled it till it touched the tip of my finger with my finger in the fill
hole, bent at the first joint.
Second, how does the large bearing at the end of the axle get it's
lubrication? Is it supposed to be bathed in rear end oil, which doesn't
sound
right, as it's sandwiched between the inner and outer seal. Am I supposed
to
pre-grease it and it stays lubed with that, or is some oil supposed to
get
past the inner seal and lube it.
Hope these questions are clear. Thanks/Butch
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