wheel grease seals
Replaced my electric brakes on my fiver last year. Bought the loaded backing plate for all four. Easy job pulling off drums and bearings and installing the new loaded backing plates. I regreased the b...
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Back in the day I would always reuse the seal when repacking front wheel bearings and I don't ever remember having one fail. I wasn't making much money then and if I could save $2.00 on a seal I would. Of course those bearings never had grease pumped into them after they were installed either.
After removing the outer thrust washer and bearing reinstall the spindle nut until the threads are fully engaged. Pull the drum/rotor catching the inner bearing on the spindle nut. The inner bearing and seal will be left hanging on the spindle ready to be cleaned and reused.
All that said, I throw away the old seals now. They're not worth the kerosene and time it takes to clean them. (But I'm substantially better off than I was back then too...)
After removing the outer thrust washer and bearing reinstall the spindle nut until the threads are fully engaged. Pull the drum/rotor catching the inner bearing on the spindle nut. The inner bearing and seal will be left hanging on the spindle ready to be cleaned and reused.
All that said, I throw away the old seals now. They're not worth the kerosene and time it takes to clean them. (But I'm substantially better off than I was back then too...)
