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Fri, 27 October 2017 14:26   |
Bruce Hart
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Registered: October 2011
Location: La Grange, Wyoming
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Going back over what Bruce Hislop said (second post). " if you press them
in flush with the hub the seal will be positioned too far inward and will
not
seal on the axle".
I found on three of the four wheels that the bearing grease had migrated
past the seal and collected on the brake backing plate in clumps.
Thanks everyone for your responses.
On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 4:20 AM, Rob Mueller
wrote:
> Rick,
>
> Correct, this email is confusing! Let's start with the front wheel bearing
> seal.
>
> The front wheel bearing seal has two lips; one that contacts the CV joint
> shaft and a second that contacts the "face" of the CV
> joint housing.
>
> The lip that contacts the CV joint shaft keeps the grease in the bearings.
>
> The lip that contacts the "face" of the CV joint keeps contamination out
> of the bearings.
>
> The small flat tool that is on Gene's website is Dave Lenzi's tool to
> install the front wheel bearing seal. It locates the front
> wheel bearing seal using the bearing cup as reference. Any other way of
> locating the seal can result in the part of the seal that
> contacts the "face" of the CV joint too be to close to the "face" of the
> cv joint which will crush it and probably burn it out or
> too far from the "face" and allow contamination in.
>
> References:
>
> Dave Lenzi's tool drawing on Gene's website:
>
> http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/data/3221/Dave_Lenzi_s_seal_tool.pdf
>
> Dave Lenzi's tool in my Photosite Tools album:
>
> http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/tools/p63852-front-
> wheel-bearing-seal-tool.html
>
> Note that they are identical.
>
> I promised to post photos / drawings of the REAR wheel bearing tool I
> bought from Dave at the Elkhart GMCMI Convention, however, I
> can't do it at the moment. I put it with a bunch of stuff I bought and
> it's at Scott Nutter's home and I won't see him until
> sometime in November.
>
> Regards,
> Rob M.
> The Pedantic Mechanic
> Sydney, Australia
> AUS '75 Avion - The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
> USA '75 Avion - Double Trouble TZE365V100426
> USA '77 Kingsley - TZE 267V100808
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gmclist [mailto:gmclist-bounces@list.gmcnet.org] On Behalf Of
> Richard Denney
> Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2017 6:36 PM
> To: gmclist@list.gmcnet.org
> Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Rear Wheel Seal
>
> All good, but weren't we talking about the seals on the rear hubs?
>
> Rick "and what does that tool look like?" Denney
>
>
>
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Bruce Hart
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Milliken, Co
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1977 28' Kingsley
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