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11-22-2023, 03:53 PM | #1 |
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1940 Failed Rear Hub Seal?
I’ve just noticed this on my 41 pickup. On the drivers side, grease has started to weep out around the end of the hub.
Does this look like a hub seal failure? It feels like old hard grease.
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11-22-2023, 04:16 PM | #2 |
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Re: 1940 Failed Rear Hub Seal?
Any chance that hub was put on without the axle key? Otherwise, there is no path for grease to reach that spot.
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11-22-2023, 04:16 PM | #3 |
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Re: 1940 Failed Rear Hub Seal?
Does your rear have grease fittings near the backing plate and if so could someone have pumped them full .
Another possibility is overheating bearing or brake drag . There’s supposed to be a fibre washer behind the steel washer . I know this doesn’t answer your question but it could narrow down the replies and possibles. |
11-22-2023, 04:17 PM | #4 |
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Re: 1940 Failed Rear Hub Seal?
Never mind . Drolston made a great point .
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11-22-2023, 06:00 PM | #5 | |
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Re: 1940 Failed Rear Hub Seal?
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I appreciate the ideas and tips. Maybe I’m missing that fiber washer. I’ll take it off and see what’s going on. I also am not sure how the grease got out there.
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11-22-2023, 06:17 PM | #6 |
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11-23-2023, 07:54 AM | #7 |
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Re: 1940 Failed Rear Hub Seal?
As Angledrive said above there is a fiber washer under the heavy washer which prevents leakage. I believe your brake hub nose has been modified it may no longer have the recess for the fiber washer.
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11-23-2023, 10:16 AM | #8 |
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Re: 1940 Failed Rear Hub Seal?
It appears in the photo that some type of substitute washer has been used instead of the correct fiber washer.
If you don't have the correct fiber washer you can make one to fit out of a piece of leather, like and old belt. |
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