Axle seals?

[clampdaddy]

Anybody tried using an oil seal at the end of the axle housing instead of the felt dust seal. I was just curious. I always wondered why they didn't put the seal where it would be easier to change. I need to do the seals in my "A" and I'd be lying if I said I wasn't dreading it just a little.

 

[pbb]

Im am going to change mine in my A before long. If you find a oil seal that works keep us posted on what kind it is.

 

[Larry Baker]

Often wondered about that.Some of those axles when you pull them out that grease is always a mess.Seems that it would have kept things simple but that may have been an engineer from another planet that thought that.Sure there was a thought here

 

[Jason S.]

If you know the dimensions of the bore and the axle, you can go to Federal Moguls ecatalog and enter the dimensions in and it will list like 10 different seals with dimensions either exactly or within a few thousands one way or another. It will do that with bearings also. I use it quite often to find seals and bearings.

 

[Bob Collins]

The seal is on the inner end of the axle because
that is where the lube is to be kept. If the seal
were only at the outer end you would need to add a
few more gallons of lube to fill the axle housings,
and you would not know if it was at the proper
level until the tractor had been driven (tilted
both to the left and right) and rechecked.
Yes it is a scary job the first time ,but you will
be proud when you have it completed.

 

[Mike M]

It really is an easy repair as far as repairs go. Better if your
hubs can be pulled off the axles. With a good lift could be
done with them on though.

 

[John in Cache Valley]

Jason,

Would you kindly describe how you use Federal Mogul's eCatalog? I just logged on to it and could not find a place/window/button to access where one might enter dimensional info for bearings and seals. I'm kinda desperate to find an alternate source. Just bought 2 small bearings and a seal from our local Motion Industry store, total cost $18 and change, shipping (did not have in stock locally, of course)$19 and change for items that could have all been placed in a padded envelope and mailed for less than $3. Probably shouldn't complain, though; still about one-third of what they would have cost from Mother Deere.

Thanks,
John

 

[clampdaddy]

(quoted from post at 15:41:16 02/23/13) It really is an easy repair as far as repairs go. Better if your
hubs can be pulled off the axles. With a good lift could be
done with them on though.

They'be been leaking for a while but I finally got scary of nine bolt hubs for my tractor so I figured that since I'm going to bust loose the old hubs I may as well go all in and pull the axles.

 

[Anonymous-0]

One of the guys on here a while back mentioned that two of the threaded holes for the rear cover bolts are drilled into the axle housing to drain the oil out of the axle housing. Didn't know this till after I siphoned the oil out of my housings. This might be for a later tractor like a 60 but just thought I would post it. chris

 

[1949ABG]

I felt that this was a good place to actually use the JD seals from the dealer when I did mine.

Like has been mentioned, not nearly as bad as what I feared it would be.