Brand new axle seal fell out!!! WHY????

No surprises here.I've worked with lots of seals and this is not uncommon.Loctite around the seal is good[read Jimmy's rsponse on the "other" board].What I have done on brake rotor seals is to gently ding a series of small tits around the top,outside corner with a flat blade chisel.Then I just tap in place.The corner I'm talking about is the one that you see on the od of the seal at the end of the axle tube when the seal is in place[the parting line].This creates a bit of an interference fit to retain the seal without damaging the housing of the diff.Add some Loctite when you install the seal,and you should be good to go.Hope that helps a bit.Post back and let me know how it goes or if you have any more questions.

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Give em' hell!

Thanks for that idea.We'll be working on it again Monday evening.I'll post how it went.If anybody else would like to throw us any more helpful hints,We'd appreciate it!!!

Darkside

I should probably clarify my procedure a bit.When you do the dings,have the seal laying down flat,large opening towards the table.Waht you want to do is to put a series of little dents around the outside diameter of the top corner.NOT the bottom edge or you'll have a heck of a time inserting the seal.You'll ruin the tapered lead.The dings should look like a pinwheel around the outside of the seal face.Don't ding the edges too much.You don't need much in the way of bumps to create the interference to retain the seal.Hope that explains it better.

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Give em' hell!

This may sound really technical,but about how many dings do you put around it? Should I one at 1 o'clock,2 o'clock etc,etc.,so that I end up with 12 dings all the way around it?

Thanks again Radius Kid,
Darkside

Six should probably do it.Remember,downwards on the top,outside corner.Have fun and let us know how it goes.

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Give em' hell!

Strange that would happen? What kind of axles are you using? Are you using the clip eliminater? I use the Loktite 515 purple flange sealer on all my seals it works great for me! Gene

[This message has been edited by ILBCNU6 (edited December 12, 2001).]