Inner Grease Seal

[808bronco]

I just changed the rotors on my Bronco, and I bought a new inner bearing seal and a grease seal (the one that slips onto the spindle). Only problem is, I couldn't get the inner grease seal to seat properly, so there's about a 1/4 space where the old seal was, and where the new seal is.

Anyone have tips on how to tap it back into place? I tried greasing the spindle and the seal to get it to slip on easier, but no dice. I was going to use a drift to tap it on, but the metal in the seal is so weak I think I'd end up denting it.

Anyone know of an easy way to do this?

 

[Seabronc]

I use a large diameter 3/4 drive socket that just fits the diameter of the seal to tap it into place. You can get one from Sears or someplace like that. Anything like that will work, even a seal insert tool /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> , just make sure you tap it in even.

Good luck,

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[808bronco]

I realize that would probably work for tapping the inner bearing seal into the hub assembly, but I need something that will let me put the grease seal on the spindle.

Time to fabricate a long pipe to fit around the spindle and let me hammer the seal on.