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SILVER Star
Hey braintrust — first off. Happy 4th to all — secondly, I’m in the middle of knuckle rebuild on my 80 series. I pulled out the old inner axle seal ( was non OEM ) so I know someone has been in here. After cleaning up and prepping to install the new seal I am feeling around on the seal surface and unfortunatly the previous mechanic left me a couple knicks / gouges / or lack of a better descriptor: marred spot in one area of the surface where they clearly leveraged a screw driver or a seal puller……. Anyway…..it’s not a massive area, about the size of a regular screwdriver tip….can I just grease the new seal & send it? This seal only recently started leaking and I think it was because my breather was plugged. My intuition says if the previous seal held, then mine would hold too, but should I put some FIPG or something in there as a precaution. I can’t be the first person who’s come by this issue — anyone?
All help appreciated!!!
TIA
All help appreciated!!!
TIA
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