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Old 03-22-2024, 10:35 AM   #1
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Default Torque Tube Grease Seal Direction for Install

Hi All,
I need to install a new grease seal in the torque tube and I am not sure which side of the seal faces downward when installing. The old seal that was removed was in bad shape and I could not determine what side faces down. Please let me know from my two pictures which side faces down during the installation. Picture 1 or 2.

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Old 03-22-2024, 01:05 PM   #2
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Default Re: Torque Tube Grease Seal Direction for Install

The metal side of the grease seal seen in photo 1 faces the front of the car. The side you see in photo 2 faces the rear of the car.

The purpose of the torque tube grease seal is to prevent grease pumped into the U-joint housing into the drive shaft roller bearing from traveling down the drive shaft and into the differential.
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