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Old 07-24-2011, 07:38 PM
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""wheel bearing seals""

I went straight to the sticky to do the ball joints ( up& lower), replaced bad wheel bearings inner & outer, but the inner seals were turned over from the ones in the sticky----have i also been putting them in wrong???? The groove faces out?????


















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Originally Posted by whosdunit
I went straight to the sticky to do the ball joints ( up& lower), replaced bad wheel bearings inner & outer, but the inner seals were turned over from the ones in the sticky----have i also been putting them in wrong???? The groove faces out?????7 out
The lips, with the spring, go towards the bearing. Did you replace the bearing cones also?..Mark
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Yea, mark who ever did the job before me didn't have hardly any grease on them , the spindel was dry & rusty . I replaced both races & bearings, now i;v got to do the the other side& the ball joints just to be sure( it's always somthing when you follow someone elses work).Thanks your answer means i put my seals in right,
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Like he said, the lips with the spring face the bearing.

I have seen people install them backwards.

I like the much better version on my Ford Dana-70; it has a lot more meat and a big flange that seats against the perimeter of the hub.

With care, I can even coax one of those out to inspect the bearing/race and not damage it.

I can't ever remember to check the compatibility on a Dodge Dana-70.


I like to fill that spring lip cavity with Kendall L-427 Super-Blu.
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