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Unread 03-24-2016, 11:43 AM
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Originally Posted by bgreene View Post
I was greasing the seals before installing, figuring grease, grease, and more grease.
Then I installed a new rear seal " dry " onto end also dry and it seems to hold fine.
On a double lip seal you want to fill the cavity between the lips with grease prior to installing the hub on to the spindle. I also like to run a very thin coating on the spindle seal surface to help everything slide into place. A dry seal on the spindle will fail.
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