wonder no more.
In case anyone has wondered about how well those hand press in scotseals might work ( since they look like they would just flop around and fall out ), I gotta tell you, once those suckers go in, they STAY in. I had to pull one of my hubs to replace it due to some axle bolts that failed and went to pull the hub off and that sucker was locked to the axle! that crazy 2 piece seal that rotates within itself is a pretty neat little critter, it makes leakage past the seal pretty darn near impossible unless you set a bearing too loose and get it to warbling out. I finally ended up prying the outer section off with the hub while the inner section remained locked to the axle , then pried it off from there. There were zero signs of any oil on the brake sides of the seal as should be expected.
In retrospect, the replacement hub I got from a boneyard came with one of those regular sliding seal and slinger setups on it that is the ford leak fix and that looks to be a mighty low tech fix in comparison
I do have a new Scotseal to go on the replacement hub . Happiness is dry brakes
In case anyone has wondered about how well those hand press in scotseals might work ( since they look like they would just flop around and fall out ), I gotta tell you, once those suckers go in, they STAY in. I had to pull one of my hubs to replace it due to some axle bolts that failed and went to pull the hub off and that sucker was locked to the axle! that crazy 2 piece seal that rotates within itself is a pretty neat little critter, it makes leakage past the seal pretty darn near impossible unless you set a bearing too loose and get it to warbling out. I finally ended up prying the outer section off with the hub while the inner section remained locked to the axle , then pried it off from there. There were zero signs of any oil on the brake sides of the seal as should be expected.
In retrospect, the replacement hub I got from a boneyard came with one of those regular sliding seal and slinger setups on it that is the ford leak fix and that looks to be a mighty low tech fix in comparison
I do have a new Scotseal to go on the replacement hub . Happiness is dry brakes