I had a front axle seal leaking so a week or two ago so I bought a new seal, bronze bushing and outer retainer washer and installed them. Halfway through my wheeling weekend I start pouring fluid out the same side again. I checked it out and the seal had popped completely out.
I did not have another seal so I drove 200 miles round trip home to grab a spare knuckle that had a seal in it and removed the leaking knuckle. Thanks Thiemen, that spare front axle saves me again! Upon removing the leaking one I found the bronze bushing had slid inboard out of the knuckle which allowed the shaft to drop which destroyed the seal.
This is not the first time this has happened to me after replacing a seal... Is there a special trick to getting the bronze bushing to stay in?
Apparently just pressing it into the knuckle from the inside is not enough... :frown
I did not have another seal so I drove 200 miles round trip home to grab a spare knuckle that had a seal in it and removed the leaking knuckle. Thanks Thiemen, that spare front axle saves me again! Upon removing the leaking one I found the bronze bushing had slid inboard out of the knuckle which allowed the shaft to drop which destroyed the seal.
This is not the first time this has happened to me after replacing a seal... Is there a special trick to getting the bronze bushing to stay in?
Apparently just pressing it into the knuckle from the inside is not enough... :frown