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kyle86
Explorer
Jun 03, 2016

Leaking hub seal on the spindle repairable if damaged? Pics

Long story short, these are brand new axles I bought from a dexter distributor fully assembled. At the first brake adjustment I noticed grease all around the hub and could see the seal leaking through...
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rhagfo
Explorer III
Jun 04, 2016
Joe Way wrote:
joegray wrote:
IMHO The nicks and gouges are on the place that the inner bearing sits...


Hmmm...looking at the 4th and 5th photos--if the grease hole is between the bearing and the seal, then the seal is running on the larger diameter and the bearing is running on the smaller diameter. The second photo seems to show that the bearing ID is significantly smaller than the seal ID.


Joegray, sorry that is the seal surface an too badly damaged to be repaired, I would replace the spindle.

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