have any pictures of this ??
gene
>Hey Folks;
> Here's what I did to install the outer seal without removing my knuckle
>from the suspension.
> I went down to my local professional wholesale plumbing supply and
bought
>a 2" to 1.5" black iron reducer, and a 6" piece of 1.5" black iron pipe.
>Screw the two together, get your new seal, and grind or file the outer lip
on
>the reducer until you can fit a .030" spark plug gap wire into the gap. You
>need to reduce the diameter of the 2"x1.5" black iron reducer until it can
>fit into the old seal while it's in the hub. You want a little slop so you
>can easily remove the reducer once the new seal has been compressed by the
>hub.
> Once you've got that sloppy fit on the new seal, file or grind the
bottom
>end flat, and file the now sharp lip so it's nice and round.
> There you go, a professional GMC outer seal installer. Pop the old one
>out, and drive the new one in. Clean everything up before you do and a
little
>blue rtv on the red metal sealing lip of the new seal will help keep water
>out. I also like to spread grease on the lip of the new seal before I put it
>in.
> Also, very important. Be care to drive the new seal in only so far as to
>make the metal edge flush with the back of the hub. Not in enough and it
>won't seal, to far in a the CV joint will squash it. It actually better to
be
>not in far enough than too far.
>Happy Camping;
>Mark A
>
Genef -- 77PB/ore/ca
GMC MOTORHOME INFORMATION
mr.erf
http://www.california.com/~eagle/
gene
>Hey Folks;
> Here's what I did to install the outer seal without removing my knuckle
>from the suspension.
> I went down to my local professional wholesale plumbing supply and
bought
>a 2" to 1.5" black iron reducer, and a 6" piece of 1.5" black iron pipe.
>Screw the two together, get your new seal, and grind or file the outer lip
on
>the reducer until you can fit a .030" spark plug gap wire into the gap. You
>need to reduce the diameter of the 2"x1.5" black iron reducer until it can
>fit into the old seal while it's in the hub. You want a little slop so you
>can easily remove the reducer once the new seal has been compressed by the
>hub.
> Once you've got that sloppy fit on the new seal, file or grind the
bottom
>end flat, and file the now sharp lip so it's nice and round.
> There you go, a professional GMC outer seal installer. Pop the old one
>out, and drive the new one in. Clean everything up before you do and a
little
>blue rtv on the red metal sealing lip of the new seal will help keep water
>out. I also like to spread grease on the lip of the new seal before I put it
>in.
> Also, very important. Be care to drive the new seal in only so far as to
>make the metal edge flush with the back of the hub. Not in enough and it
>won't seal, to far in a the CV joint will squash it. It actually better to
be
>not in far enough than too far.
>Happy Camping;
>Mark A
>
Genef -- 77PB/ore/ca
GMC MOTORHOME INFORMATION
mr.erf
http://www.california.com/~eagle/
