Wheel Seal Question

[doubleclutchinweasel]

23 hours ago, 67RModel said:

If you really want to get into the weeds with the "procedure" you can get get out your dial indicator when you are all done and check the end play of the hub center while spinning it and shaking it fore and aft. The acceptable tolerance I think is 1 - 5 thousandths of an inch end play 😂. But like other have said if your not blowing out seals regularly your wheels are not flying off.....your good. snug down on the bearing. Back off a little. and torque the snot (by hand) out of the outer lock nut. 

The indicator thing works really well to check what you're getting.  Once the lock nut is tightened, it removes all the "slop" from the threads on the adjusting nut.  So, depending on the pitch line clearance of the adjusting nut and the spindle, the lock nut will remove a different amount of clearance.  1.5 flats might be good on some.  Might need more or less on another.  I like to check for clearance with an indicator after the lock nut is tightened.  But, in all reality, as long as there is a little clearance there, it's probably not all that critical.  If there is no clearance at all, well, that could cause some issues.  Too much clearance...yeah that could cause problems too.  But the sweet spot is fairly generous.

[Mackman87]

On 5/5/2023 at 6:49 PM, Joey Mack said:

   with the Blue can looking tool that i have.. you put a small bead of RTV on the back side of the wear ring, and by-hand,, push it on to the spindle, then the tool , with the correct head,,  ( tool numbers are printed on the Stemco seal box), and use a mallet against the tool, to drive the wear ring on to the spindle..  remove the tool, wipe off ALL excess RTV, rub the ring with gear oil, for the install..  set the seal in the hub,(with the correct installer)  then, install the hub..  Its the same as any other hub install..  You cannot use the wear ring with any seal due to seal I.D.  it is a matched set..  

I know many of you know exactly how to install a wheel seal, I'm just posting for those that may not have a vast knowledge of the different ways..  

MACKS,  as far as using heat,,,  I expect it is done buy guys with good skills...  unlike whoever installed the wear ring in the picture.. 

what if you can simply slide a new wear ring onto the spindle with no tools required? It’s a tight fit but goes on easy. Picture of old ring in question

[Joey Mack]

you can,,,  just be sure to not warp it and it needs to be flush with the leading edge of the spindles seal area, or it will leak, also when you are sure about how you are goining to install the seal, put a light bead of RTV on the leading edge of the spilndle and once it's seated wipe off the excess RTV..  should be just fine after that..  

[Geoff Weeks]

Somewhere I have an exhaust tube adaptor, it is just right for installing speede sleeves on front axles. I had to paint it red so it didn't get used on some exhaust job.

[fjh]

13 hours ago, Joey Mack said:

you can,,,  just be sure to not warp it and it needs to be flush with the leading edge of the spindles seal area, or it will leak, also when you are sure about how you are goining to install the seal, put a light bead of RTV on the leading edge of the spilndle and once it's seated wipe off the excess RTV..  should be just fine after that..  

that whole 1038 piece comes off ! comes with the new seal I believe!

[Mackman87]

On 6/3/2024 at 9:30 AM, fjh said:

that whole 1038 piece comes off ! comes with the new seal I believe!

It does and it has an o-ring behind it. I was confusing the wear ring with the 1038 piece. I know better now.lol. The 1038 comes with a corresponding stem o seal but I’m curious if any one piece seal will work with the 1038 piece.

[fjh]

1 hour ago, Mackman87 said:

It does and it has an o-ring behind it. I was confusing the wear ring with the 1038 piece. I know better now.lol. The 1038 comes with a corresponding stem o seal but I’m curious if any one piece seal will work with the 1038 piece.

 Don’t know sorry!