I hope somebody has a better answer than me. I am bad at installing
seals like that, I have to redo one on my truck thanks to a very slow
leak. (But did you notice that the inside of the end of the axle has an
"oil flinger" to keep the leaking oil from your brake shoes?)
I think I know how to do this, but my hands don't. You are using the
right tool, unless you can think of a way to press that sucker in. It
has to go in square; if it goes in a little crooked, it gets bent. Make
sure there are no burrs in the metal around the edge, of course, and I
always put a little oil around the seal. Maybe I should stop doing that.
A little crowbar will lever that ruined seal out, no need for a special
tool. Just make sure not to score the metal where the seal will, err,
seal. Good luck. I think it's a learned physical skill, several
bucks per mistake.
Ed Miller
'58 Apache Short Fleetside half ton
>I'll start by admitting I did something wrong. I just don't know what!
>
>I am putting my rear end back together and as I was installing the axle seal
>the little springs that goes around the inside of the rubber seal came out.
>
>I was using a bearing\seal installer (handle with big flat aluminum disc
>attached)
>
>I guess I hit it too hard. The worst thing is it happened on both sides. I
>can't seem to force the springs back into the inside groove of the rubber.
>Now I have to get a seal removing tool to get these out and get new ones. I
>don't want to screw the new ones up.
>
>Any suggestions?
>
>Bill Schickling
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