| Author | Message | ||
| Cory hart (Chart1)
Registered Member Username: Chart1 Post Number: 70 Registered: 1-2010 Posted From: 67.133.209.69  Rating: N/A |
I am needing to replace 1 front wheel seal and 1 rear drive seal on mci 8 is there any special tools need to do this job. I am traveling and on the road and they are leaking bad. So I dont have my shop but have most of my tools. I have never pulled a hub off before. what I am I getting into. just dont want to get stranded. | ||
| John Lacey (Junkman42)
Registered Member Username: Junkman42 Post Number: 134 Registered: 3-2007 Posted From: 74.209.35.49  Rating: N/A |
If You have wear sleeves on the axles You do in fact need a special tool to install the wear sleeves. I borrowed one from a friend that services big trucks. I do not believe it would be cost effective to buy the tool but it may be cheaper than it apears to Me. Regards Johnn L | ||
| Dal Farnworth (Dallas)
Registered Member Username: Dallas Post Number: 777 Registered: 7-2004 Posted From: 75.91.203.8  Rating: N/A |
No special tool needed for the wear sleeves... just heat them with a propane torch for about 5 minutes. They'll slip right on and when they cool are as solid as if they were original. Don't bang on them with a hammer and chisel.... you'll screw them up. Same with removal, heat with a propane torch for a few minutes and they'll slip right off. For seal installation I normally don't have the right tool so I just cut a piece of hard wood in an appropriately sized circle, drill a hole through the center and run a piece of half inch all thread through the hub. Add a brace across the hub and tighten down with a ratchet. Remember, DO NOT FILL THE HUB COMPLETELY FULL! Only fill it to the 'full' line or it will blow out everywhere you don't want it to. | ||
| Cory hart (Chart1)
Registered Member Username: Chart1 Post Number: 71 Registered: 1-2010 Posted From: 198.228.224.147 Rating: N/A |
Well I Am in Columbus Ohio maybe I will try to find a place to attempt it close to a napa truck store. | ||
| Dal Farnworth (Dallas)
Registered Member Username: Dallas Post Number: 778 Registered: 7-2004 Posted From: 75.91.203.8 Rating: N/A |
London, Ohio has a truck stop and there are Truck parts places nearby. |