Nope, It’s Not. Boat Anchor... The Axle Seal Tool Has Arrived

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The last tool has finally arrived to finish up my recent ball joint and U-joint project on my truck’s front axle Talk about a hunk of metal... DANG!!

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This tool is used to seat the outer axle seal. But.... clicking that Buy Now button on Amazon may have bit me in the butt. I think the OEM tool runs around $100. I grabbed this one for $65. Of course after checking the reviews, after I bought it, I see a few people with come serious complaints. It just flat out doesn’t fit over the end of the axle.

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So the portion above needs to be ground off a bit in order to fit over the collar on the axle. The place my finger is pointing. Once it fits over that collar then the axle seal can be driven on.

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Then you beat the living piss out of it until the tool sits flush with the knuckle. You can’t go hitting it with your pride, it takes some serious force to get this rubber seal to seat in there correctly.

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I get a 2 minute modification was worth the roughly $40 in savings. I read that some guys drove the tool on and couldn’t get it off.... HAHAHA That sucks BIGTIME!!

Well time to get to work on on the other side, upper/lower ball joints, axle u-joint, and 2 axle seal. Along with making a How to video, this is gonna take a while.

Until Next Time...

Hive On
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Yep...
I’ve Lost It



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Try not to have too much fun! I don't know about you but every time I have found myself working on cars, it has reaffirmed my affinity for profanity.

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It would be a lot more fun if I had a nice big shop with a lift to work in 😉

I tend to mumble them under my breath, learned to do that when the kids were little. Lol

Good news it's back together and I took it for a drive. The wheels didn't fall off, so that must be a good thing.

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Yeah, I know exactly what you mean. I swapped out the fuel pump on my car a couple years ago, never doing that again without a lift.

Huzzah! I'd count that as a win :)

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