Took my drum off and holy **** everything and I mean everything is soaked in oil. I also noticed the shaft moves a lot more than the other side did. The seal has to be shot in the end of the bell correct? I've never had one of these apart so I'm just learning. Watch the video in the link and give me your opinion. http://s969.photobucket.com/albums/ae177/killerhotrods/1932 Truck/?action=view¤t=MVI_4068.mp4
Yep, but with that much oil all over I bet the rear is overfilled and/or the seal in the hub is shot too.
Axle end is supported only by the seal once you remove the hub/outer bearing ***embly, so the extra movement does indeed mean seal is gone. Buy or make a simple driver, because that seal has to go in waaay past where the daylight stops. Here is Bratton's version, made to screw onto a length of pipe: http://brattons.com/product.asp?P_I...artPosition=1&strSearchCriteria=any&PT_ID=all The thing just pilots and supports the seal so you can drive it into its little recess. Old seal comes out by poking and swearing at it from the brake end of the housing. You can probably ***emble a reasonable approximation of the tool right in the plumbing aisle at Home Depot. I live in luxury, with an actual Ford KRW driver...
There is an 'open end seal' that national make, you just pop a socket that fits in the seal with a little clearance tape the socket to the end of a bit of pipe. I installed these seals a few weeks ago, i used one open end national and one re-pop of the original, the open type seal i installed in about 2 min, the closed type took me an hour with all the screwing around and looking for stuff to smash with the hammer! I can shoot you the national number when I get home if you want it!
I'd like to see those! With the right tool, the stockers are no prob because the recess has a nicely formed lead-in that gets the seal (***uming whatever the Chinese are willing to send us is the right diameter) right into the pathway of righteousness...but you need a tool the holds the thing square and supports the back while you smackit. With it straight, you can feel it find the recess, if it is wobbly or off-square with whatever you are using you have an all day fishing expedition to get it in. Kevin...remember the side gaskets between the axle housing and banjo are the preload adjustment shims. Measure your gaskets when you take housings off, replace with same. If all in there is original you likely will find the standard gaskets, I think 010 from memory, and the old ones will measure a hair less from compression. Wrong gasket or sealer and you will have problems. Also, if you clean the threaded holes in banjo do it with spray solvent and a brush...threads in casting are extra deep, likely 1930's cl*** 4 or 5, to create a seal when bolt is run in, and will leak if you run a normal tap through.
I'll second and third what the other guys said, it looks like your seal is worn shot and needs to be replaced.
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