Re: Rear axle seal

[Troy Ryan <troy@tne.net.au>]

I think you'll find that a seal that doesn't seal is not a seal!!
Maybe your axle has shrunk in the cold?!

Troy (in Australia)


At 11:06 AM 4/03/2004 +0100, tigers-n wrote:
>Listers
>I'm replacing the axle shaft seals and bearings, and found that the inner 
>seal
>(Timken 40769-S) has a lip to lip diameter of 1 3/8" while the shaft diameter
>is 1 5/16". Should there be a gap of 1/16" to allow oil to the bearing or 
>have
>I got the wrong seal?
>
>Jostein in Norway
>B9473080