You can buy a repair sleeve from NAPA. They are made by Victor, in stainless
steel, you hammer them on with a piece of PVC pipe. Stopped seal leakage on
my AD GMC. Cost is about $30 per axle.
Jack / Winter Prk FL
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin D. Pennell" <oletwuk@fastrus.com>
To: "Oletrucks" <oletrucks@autox.team.net>; "NAPCO Owners Group"
<napco4x4@onelist.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2000 9:25 PM
Subject: [oletrucks] Axle seal surface.
> Hi all,
>
> Was just inspecting axles again, and saw the surfaces where the axle seal
> seats. I've been waiting for parts to come back from the machinist, and
> forgot about this particular problem. I'm glad I looked!
>
> There is a raised highly polished surface (about an inch in length) on the
> axle shaft where the oil seal seats against it. I grenaded a Rzeppa (CV)
> Joint which allowed the axle to "settle" in the housing (this is a NAPCO
4x4
> front drive axle.) The axle rubbed on the metal outer ring of the seal,
> causing some indentation on the axle surface. Installing a new seal isn't
> going to cure this. It'll leak like a sieve.
>
> I'm brainstorming possible cure's here: Is there a way to "metalize" this
> surface and restore it, or machine it and maybe find a seal with the
correct
> ID.? How about machine it down and re-sleeve it to the correct size?
> Possibly make a spacer to install behind the seal to move the location of
> the seal further outward on the axle shaft, where it will have a good
> surface???
>
> Any experience on this?
>
> Kevin P.
> '59 Apache 38/NAPCO
>
>
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