Dana 60 Knuckle Seals - Where does this go?

[ZombieK5]

Putting my knuckles back on the Dana 60.

I have Yukon master kit 32304 (YP KP-001).

Comes with 3 Seals. In the photo I marked them as 1, 2 and 3. I can't find any sources showing where Seal #3 goes.

1 = Lower Bearing Seal
2 = Upper Bushing/Spring seal (Basing that from the old torn seal also visible in the photo that came off the axle - does that go cone facing up or down??)
3 = Unknown - I can't find an old part like this that came off axle

Any help is appreciated

 

[cheavyk10]

Stolen from the Dana 60 bible.

 

[Hogback Fabrication]

There are two versions of the upper seal, use whichever you think works better on your axle. GM axles typically use the thin one, either way you'll end up with an extra.

Those nuts in the picture don't belong anywhere on that axle either by the way, why Yukon always includes those

 

[ZombieK5]

There are two versions of the upper seal, use whichever you think works better on your axle. GM axles typically use the thin one, either way you'll end up with an extra.

Those nuts in the picture don't belong anywhere on that axle either by the way, why Yukon always includes those

Understood. OK, that makes me feel better that I was missing something. I looked everywhere for the "other" seal and was going crazy.

I have the smaller seal from when I disassembled my axle. Will BOTH work or is it one or the other?

 

[ZombieK5]

Stolen from the Dana 60 bible.

I have the same diagram, it just doesn't show WHICH seal to use. BTW.....almost have the bible memorized

 

[HankScorpio]

Just did mine, Billavista has an article with pics that shows the orientation of everything. 1 seal is GM/Dodge and the other late Ford.

BillaVista.com-Dana 60 Front Axle Kingpin Rebuild Tech Article by BillaVista

 

[cheavyk10]

I have the same diagram, it just doesn't show WHICH seal to use. BTW.....almost have the bible memorized

It does show two seals on the bottom...

 

[ZombieK5]

There are two versions of the upper seal, use whichever you think works better on your axle. GM axles typically use the thin one, either way you'll end up with an extra.

Those nuts in the picture don't belong anywhere on that axle either by the way, why Yukon always includes those

BTW, what are your thoughts on the upper and lower cap gaskets that come with the rebuild kits? Use the seals with RTV or just go with RTV and ditch the gaskets?

 

[ZombieK5]

It does show two seals on the bottom...

I think they use the term "seal" for the steel cap that goes in first, then the race. I think #33 is NOT A SEAL in the usual sense but rather the steel cap

 

[cheavyk10]

I think they use the term "seal" for the steel cap that goes in first, then the race. I think #33 is NOT A SEAL in the usual sense but rather the steel cap

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[ZombieK5]

Just did mine, Billavista has an article with pics that shows the orientation of everything. 1 seal is GM/Dodge and the other late Ford.

BillaVista.com-Dana 60 Front Axle Kingpin Rebuild Tech Article by BillaVista

I had that same article but must have blown past that part. I was looking on my cell. Here is the photo I needed and Thanks everyone for helping.

 

[Hogback Fabrication]

Understood. OK, that makes me feel better that I was missing something. I looked everywhere for the "other" seal and was going crazy.

I have the smaller seal from when I disassembled my axle. Will BOTH work or is it one or the other?

I doubt you can use both.

Seems like I've used the taller one more often than not on GM axles but I've also seen the tall one is supposed to be the Ford one. Every gm d60 I've been into had the short one, but they also often didn't touch both sides and probably didn't do a whole lot. If you can fit the bigger one it will likely seal better.

You can use gaskets but I've always used rtv only, does the job and preloads the spring up top just a little more which pretty much only helps.

 

[ZombieK5]

I doubt you can use both.

Seems like I've used the taller one more often than not on GM axles but I've also seen the tall one is supposed to be the Ford one. Every gm d60 I've been into had the short one, but they also often didn't touch both sides and probably didn't do a whole lot. If you can fit the bigger one it will likely seal better.

You can use gaskets but I've always used rtv only, does the job and preloads the spring up top just a little more which pretty much only helps.

Thanks...I'll check out the taller seal and see how it matches with the knuckle