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mzahorik

01-12-2023 @ 1:41 PM

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I'm beginning to re assemble my 1937 car rear axle. I've got the shim gaskets figured out and today I wanted to install the axle seals. Seems odd that they are on the inside of the axle bells. This makes it rather difficult to press them in. It is also difficult to see if they are pressed in all the way. I can barely reach in from the wheel end with my finger and I can fell that there is a gap between the seal and the bell. The actual area that the seal fits in doesn't seem to be sell machined. I've tried using an 1 1/4 socket mounted backwards on a long 1/2" extension. Then tapping on the seal. The seal doesn't seem seated, yet when I rap on the extension, it sure sounds like it is metal on metal. The next thing I'm going to try is to make a puller out of some threaded rod and couple of washers (that are just smaller than the seal diameter) and a couple of nuts. Maybe this will pull the seal into place. What is the method for installing these seals? Thanks, Mike

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01-12-2023 @ 6:45 PM

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The seal installer is available from most early ford vendors for a few bucks. Install it on the end of a piece of 1/2 black steel gas pipe about 3- 4 feet long. Place the axle bell on a piece of hardwood outer end down, then drive the seal in place from the inside. The tool will locate the center of the seal and the drive part will rest on the metal part of the seal.
The seals can be removed by using a (9") hardened spike (Pole barn nail). Catch the edge of the seal with the head of the nail and drive it out toward the bell end of the housing. This assumes you have removed the axle bells from the center housing.

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01-12-2023 @ 8:02 PM

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https://www.earlyfordstore.com/products/axle-seal-installation-tool-1928-48

mzahorik

01-13-2023 @ 6:01 AM

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Thanks for the reply. I'll have to get one of those. Last night my son the Buick mechanic, came over to help. Apparently the seals were getting cocked and my 76 year old eyes could not detect that. After I ruined one seal, he pulled it out and with the same stuff I was using he got both of them in place. (Younger better eyes) Each seal seats completely and if you use your finger you can fell the seal is against the casting with no gap. Thanks for the help, Mike

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01-13-2023 @ 5:22 PM

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Which way does the lip of the seal go? Toward the wheel or toward the differential?
Is there a rule of thumb? I have the same question about the seal at the front end of the drive shaft.
Not that I remember how I installed them in my ‘36. ??

mzahorik

01-14-2023 @ 10:52 AM

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Well, here is how I do them. I have a 50% chance of getting it right, but I like this way. The seal has a beveled lip, in other words, the seal seems to bend in one direction. I have this bend pointing toward the oil side, or the differential. I also tape over the key slot so that the sharp edge doesn't cut the seal. I also add a little lube to the seal edge so it slides better. For what it's worth, Mike

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