I'm mangling rear axle seals...

[Art Bailey]

4 hours ago, LeRoy said:

Heya Art

I went through a similar exercise a few weeks ago, my problem was the new seals were too large. When crossing from the old to new style there was a small measuring error.... In any case I'm all back together and so far no leaks. I do have a new clunk, it sounds like a dead body rolling around in the trunk when I corner, I adjusted end play to .012 by adding several shims but since reassembly things must have loosened up a bit. I guess I need to remeasure and possibly remove a couple of shims. 

Hey LeRoy,

 

Yeah, I tore my hair out deciphering incorrect info in my parts book, cross referencing numbers, taking measurements, etc, trying to get the right parts the first time. I'm not out of the woods yet---the spun bearing on the right side wore the axle hub slightly egg shaped, and I think I'm gonna have a problem with the new race. I'm planning to make a shim, and glue it up with LocTite, but I'm nervous about it setting up too quickly, and not allowing me to set the end play. I've used that stuff once on a small bushing and it grabs in a matter of minutes. Fun.

 

I see you went for the +/- .010 end play for our "modern highway speeds", I'm planning to do the same thing. Keep us posted, I'd like to know if you get the clunk resolved