BRE Fabrications LTD
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A couple of weekends ago I replaced all the seals and bearings on the rear axle, I had some dire looking soup in the diff so this was well over due. Installed new shocks and coils at the same time. All went pretty smooth.
Roll on front Axle, soup was even worse...
All was going swimmingly untill I got to installing the PS hub seal. Now I know your not suppose to use a peice of 2x4 to knock the seals in but it has worked really well for me so far, but the b*stard seal just didn't want to go in. after much frustration and grumbling I now have a fubar'd seal Que order new seal.
Now the DS seal went in wth no issues at all. So something has to be amiss. On a bit of further inspection of the hub I can swear that I can see a flat spot in the recess into which the seal does not want to, but should go... (I put an old bearing race on for pespective)
WTF?
Is it me or is there definetly a flat spot there?
How the **** would that have happened? Seams like a very difficult spot for dmage to occur when offroading?
Any ideas on how to fix it or am I going to be calling on the Karl (again, have already managed to break an ABS sensor... )
Alas front shocks and coils are still gathering dust.
Advice please folks.
Roll on front Axle, soup was even worse...
All was going swimmingly untill I got to installing the PS hub seal. Now I know your not suppose to use a peice of 2x4 to knock the seals in but it has worked really well for me so far, but the b*stard seal just didn't want to go in. after much frustration and grumbling I now have a fubar'd seal Que order new seal.
Now the DS seal went in wth no issues at all. So something has to be amiss. On a bit of further inspection of the hub I can swear that I can see a flat spot in the recess into which the seal does not want to, but should go... (I put an old bearing race on for pespective)
WTF?
Is it me or is there definetly a flat spot there?
How the **** would that have happened? Seams like a very difficult spot for dmage to occur when offroading?
Any ideas on how to fix it or am I going to be calling on the Karl (again, have already managed to break an ABS sensor... )
Alas front shocks and coils are still gathering dust.
Advice please folks.