Re: Inner and Outer Seal failure- Rear end- 64 Plymouth

[Butch Edison <waedison@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks everyone. The seals are in correctly, spring sides towards the 3rd member. When I put these seals in, I took the springs off and put them back on when I'd driven the seals in, cause they kept popping out and I had to retrieve them from the axle tubes. I did grease the large bearings, one still had a lot of grease in it, the other had pretty much washed out with oil. 

I will have to assume that I damaged the seals putting the axles in. I'll get someone to help me slide them in this time, see if that helps. I also am lucky to have a spare complete 323 rear end that came out of a wrecked car with 35,000 miles on it. The receipts showed the car had to be repainted once (single owner car) because he had it washed and waxed weekly at the dealership, wore through the paint. If I can't get seals to work correctly the second time I install them, I'll put the spare rear end in, as is (+) a brake job, and figure the bearings and seals are fine unless they prove otherwise. 

I think what's so frustrating about this is that I did this several times as an 18-20 year old when I'd swap my 323s for some 488s to go street racing, never remember seals failing like this. 
Butch 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "MO ( Steve Mick)" <micher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx 
Sent: Friday, May 6, 2011 2:22:29 PM 
Subject: Re: Inner and Outer Seal failure- Rear end- 64 Plymouth 


And on 64-earlier, the rear wheel bearing must be packed with grease like 
the front hub bearings...................MO 

{Steve Mick} 
http://stevemick1964dodge.shutterfly.com/pictures/5 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roger Pettigrew" <dodger7998@xxxxxxx> 
To: <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx> 
Sent: Friday, May 06, 2011 3:32 PM 
Subject: Re: Inner and Outer Seal failure- Rear end- 64 Plymouth 


> 
> 
> A seal is a seal,,,,, if does not seal then it is bad,,,,, the inner seal 
> is to stop all oil from getting past it,? you did not by chance put the 
> seal 
> in backward did you, the outer seal is to keep the grease on the bearing, 
> and the dust from the brakes from getting to the bearing,,,,,,, 
> you also have to be careful when installing the axle after the inner seal 
> has been installed, they will not handle the axle shaft being slid down 
> them 
> while installing it,,,,, 
> 
> 
> In a message dated 5/6/2011 3:02:17 P.M. Central Daylight Time, 
> waedison@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: 
> 
> 
> 
> Okay, so when I went through my 64 Sport Fury I got a couple of years 
> ago, 
> I rebuilt the rear brakes, put in new rear axle bearings as well as the 
> inner and outer seals. The seals I put in leaked, on both sides, ruining 
> the 
> brake shoes. I had a difficult time installing the inner seals even 
> though 
> I have what I think is the correct Miller driver # ?-839. After ruining a 
> few inner seals, I thought I got it right. While taking it all apart 
> today, 
> I don't see any apparent problems with the seal faces. 
> 
> So, I've taken the rear axles out to take a look. when I pulled the first 
> axle, I got about 2 cups of rear end oil on the ground. I see that the 
> oil 
> is sitting level with the bottom of the seal as it sits in the axle. In 
> other words, the axle tube is full of oil up to the bottom edge of the 
> seal. 
> Did I simply overfill the rear end when I refilled it? The SM says the 
> rear 
> end takes 4 pints, but what does that look like from the end of the axle 
> tube ? I used what I thought was the correct rule of thumb when filling 
> it, 
> filled it till it touched the tip of my finger with my finger in the fill 
> hole, bent at the first joint. 
> 
> Second, how does the large bearing at the end of the axle get it's 
> lubrication? Is it supposed to be bathed in rear end oil, which doesn't 
> sound 
> right, as it's sandwiched between the inner and outer seal. Am I supposed 
> to 
> pre-grease it and it stays lubed with that, or is some oil supposed to 
> get 
> past the inner seal and lube it. 
> 
> Hope these questions are clear. Thanks/Butch 
> 
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