Nice work on the tool adapting! Makes sucky jobs fun having the right tools for the job.
That gear oil looks like it seen some water.
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Nice work on the tool adapting! Makes sucky jobs fun having the right tools for the job.
That gear oil looks like it seen some water.
Yeah, kinda mud colored
I thought so maybe too and double checked the manual. This is the picture in the manual and I used the same hammer.
I tried to save it after the first piece broke by switching to a rubber mallet. I'm wondering if the seller might have used some sort of cleaner that affected the plastic. Or it already had a crack.
Harbor freight sells a decent driver kit for pressing seals and races. I originally bought it for my 911 but I’ve used it on a variety of seals including my 205 and 205 adapter yesterday.
https://www.harborfreight.com/Bearing-Race-and-Seal-Driver-Set-10-Pc-63261.html
https://www.harborfreight.com/Bearing-Race-and-Seal-Driver-Set-10-Pc-63261.html
I was going to say the same thing, the color looks like it
Now that you can pound on
I have one of those, maybe a different brand; and I brought it home to finish the other side. Just kinda bummed out about the other one breaking. If I get something like that in the future I will use a rubber mallet or dead blow hammer like @imiceman44 mentioned. I think I might have also hit the end of it with the edge of the hammer face and not directly on the flat which probably didn't help.
I think I've mentioned in other threads, I like collecting the OE Kent-Moore tools when I can justify it. For me it's of the fun of maintaining the old trucks and carrying on the legacy. Plus it does make some of the jobs easier, particularly that tool for pulling the axle bearing.
https://www.freedomracing.com/axle-pinion-oil-seal-installer-j-21128.html
Still available from several places but man those are not cheap for a plastic driver. If you had one for dimensions maybe someone could 3D print it. The Stemco or CR seals we used to use on semis have plastic drivers like that too. I know you like the old ones but if it as me I would just have someone turn something out on a lathe, maybe aluminum or brass.
Still available from several places but man those are not cheap for a plastic driver. If you had one for dimensions maybe someone could 3D print it. The Stemco or CR seals we used to use on semis have plastic drivers like that too. I know you like the old ones but if it as me I would just have someone turn something out on a lathe, maybe aluminum or brass.
The used one was about $35. I almost ordered something else from them, can't remember what now, but I noticed they have new versions of the Kent Moore tools.
Most of the seal drivers gm sends us now are metal and not the blue composite plastic stuff. I've had a couple in our shop get destroyed the same way as yours. They are no longer available that way. But I think it's a combination of the plastic getting brittle and or getting cleaned with a solvent that effects the plastic long term.
Plastic gets brittle over time?
Asked by every Square body dash owner.
Asked by every Square body dash owner.
Just an example of what GM sends out for seal installers now. It's a nice anodized blue chunk of solid aluminum.
This is a t-case output seal installer.
This is a t-case output seal installer.
Nope. Went right to my pb&j sammich for lunch. Lol.Did you wash your hands after that pic!?
Looks sexy!
Looks like the shoes are scorched.
Curious if you all would just replace the drums. They're pretty glazed and I don't have a good way to knock them down.
Curious if you all would just replace the drums. They're pretty glazed and I don't have a good way to knock them down.
If the drums are not turned, they are just going to mess up your new shoes. So new or machine the existing.
I'd just get new drums. Not many parts stores turning old ones anyway.
Find a shop to re-arc the new shoes to the drums. I have not seen one of those machines in decades. Last one I did was the backs on my 78 c10 back in the mid 80s.
