Thursday, March 5, 2015

Axle pt22

I finished disassembling the hubs today. The seals were very stubborn, I hit then with some penetrating oil, let them sit for an hour and then took a pry bar to them. Still so luck...so out came the hand sledge. After a little "persuading" the seals broke loose and came out. The bearing are still in good shape and there was plenty of grease inside the hub. I took the hubs to a DIY car wash place and gave them a good power-washing. When I got back home I dried the hubs off, wiped them down with lacquer thinner and sprayed them with WD40 to keep them from rusting.