2nd time for grease seal leaking, same axle
Second time for one axle grease seal has leaked in about 7,000 miles. Doesn't look like any gouges or out of round or anything else out of place. I don't know what type of seals I have or if one bran...
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A single seal leaking again and again is odd.
If the spindle looks good, maybe the drum is out of shape. A new drum might fix it, and they are not that expensive.
How badly has it leaked? After 9000 miles, all my original seals had leaked a small amount, enough to grease the wall of the drum where the magnet rides, but not the brakes or outer drum.
They were replaced with Dexter double-lipped seals. I placed a big block of wood on the seal, covering it and the cast flange, and hammered the seal in until the flange stopped it. The seals looked evenly inserted, by eye anyway.
Turns out my 5200# Al-Ko axles come in two possible spindle sizes: 2.25" and 2.125" where the seal rides. I needed to caliper the spindle to find the I.D. of the required seal.
If the spindle looks good, maybe the drum is out of shape. A new drum might fix it, and they are not that expensive.
How badly has it leaked? After 9000 miles, all my original seals had leaked a small amount, enough to grease the wall of the drum where the magnet rides, but not the brakes or outer drum.
They were replaced with Dexter double-lipped seals. I placed a big block of wood on the seal, covering it and the cast flange, and hammered the seal in until the flange stopped it. The seals looked evenly inserted, by eye anyway.
Turns out my 5200# Al-Ko axles come in two possible spindle sizes: 2.25" and 2.125" where the seal rides. I needed to caliper the spindle to find the I.D. of the required seal.
