Help with rubber seal...

[atijerino]

I need help figuring out the orientation of the rubber seal that goes in between the felt seal and the metal ring on the back of the birfield axle housing. I spent the whole day working on the overhaul of the front axle on my FZJ80 '94 LC and the manuals don't tell you the orientation of that seal. The seal has a lip on one side.
Does anyone know if that lip goes toward the felt seal or the metal ring?
BTW: Overhauling the front axle is a very messy job, my garage will need a major hose down and degresing tomorrow once I am done with this job.
Another question related to this job:
Do I really need to separate the birfield from the axle shaft in order to clean it up and repack it?
The manual show these as one of the steps, but I am not sure.


Thanks,

Antonio

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'94 FJZ80 w/lockers and soon with repacked birfields and new seals and bearings all around.

 

[Lars]

I need help figuring out the orientation of the rubber seal that goes in between the felt seal and the metal ring on the back of the birfield axle housing. I spent the whole day working on the overhaul of the front axle on my FZJ80 '94 LC and the manuals don't tell you the orientation of that seal. The seal has a lip on one side.
Does anyone know if that lip goes toward the felt seal or the metal ring?
BTW: Overhauling the front axle is a very messy job, my garage will need a major hose down and degresing tomorrow once I am done with this job.
Another question related to this job:
Do I really need to separate the birfield from the axle shaft in order to clean it up and repack it?
The manual show these as one of the steps, but I am not sure.


Thanks,

Antonio

_________________
'94 FJZ80 w/lockers and soon with repacked birfields and new seals and bearings all around.

Search for a thread I created near the end of this past december which discussed the topic of the rubber seal. Use search terms like 'dimple' or 'ridge'. General consensus was the ridge faces the felt.

I didnt seperate my birf joints when I did my repack. Just used a turkey baster (dont laugh, it worked) to force/splash solvent in there. Plenty of people opt not to go through the trouble of dismantling the birf joint for cleaning.

 

[alia176]

Turkey Baster? That's amusing!

 

[Lars]

Turkey Baster? That's amusing!

Just to clarify..... dont use your wife's expensive Pampered Chef baster. Mine didnt find it too amusing.

 

[cruiserdan]

Just to clarify..... dont use your wife's expensive Pampered Chef baster. Mine didnt find it too amusing.

Or the "good" bread pans for cleaning wheel bearings.....

 

[reffug]

Just to clarify..... dont use your wife's expensive Pampered Chef baster. Mine didnt find it too amusing.

LMAO...................

Thought I was the only one who had destroyed good Pampered Chef stuff working on the cruiser.

Wives just don't seem to understand that sort of thing.

 

[IdahoDoug]

Hah!! This makes me chuckle as I used a nice white rubber spatula from the Pampered Chef as a perfect way to get grease from the Amsoil tub to the Birf. It still has a faint pink hue and I chuckle when I'm using it to cook with. Ah, er that is when I'm watching my wife cook.

DougM

 

[elmariachi]

Does anyone know if that lip goes toward the felt seal or the metal ring?
BTW: Overhauling the front axle is a very messy job, my garage will need a major hose down and degresing tomorrow once I am done with this job.
Another question related to this job:
Do I really need to separate the birfield from the axle shaft in order to clean it up and repack it?
The manual show these as one of the steps, but I am not sure.

I always place the lip toward the ring to help keep the ring in place. You don't have to separate the axle from the joint, but you should at least work on it and get it clean and dry before reinstalling.

Jim

 

[Beowulf]

My wife put her foot firmly down about never again using kitchen stuff. The straw that broke the camel's back was heating engine oil in a Calphalon sauce pan. I didn't realize HOW QUICKLY oil gets to very high temperatures. It heats up 10x faster than water. Anyway, the smell woke her up and I got caught in the act. It took 2 weeks for the burnt oil smell to get out of the house.

From now on I have to set up the Coleman stove outside and use old pans to do experiments.

-B-

 

[elmariachi]

My wife put her foot firmly down about never again using kitchen stuff. The straw that broke the camel's back was heating engine oil in a Calphalon sauce pan.
-B-

Clearly you didn't use any of YOUR hard earned money to buy that Calphalon or you would have known better. I get my ass chewed for trying to cook food in ours!

Jim

 

[Beowulf]

Clearly you didn't use any of YOUR hard earned money to buy that Calphalon or you would have known better. I get my ass chewed for trying to cook food in ours!

I probably gave it to her as a birthday present a couple of years ago. I'm a real gem Jim.

-B-

 

[shawn]

save your marriage. 4 pack rubbermaid spatula set at sam's club. think i paid 12 bucks. not sure i understand the fascination with the P.C. sink fizz things?

 

[cruiserdan]

save your marriage. 4 pack rubbermaid spatula set at sam's club. think i paid 12 bucks. not sure i understand the fascination with the P.C. sink fizz things?

that is nowhere near as fun as fielding the question "Have you seen my good spatula?".............

 

[reffug]

that is nowhere near as fun as fielding the question "Have you seen my good spatula?".............

As you say "No Dear" while quickly covering nuts.......... :whoops:

 

[landtank]

All I can say is if they sold a 25.00 spatular in the Sears tool section I would have gotten one for Christmas.

Besides the spatular I used a teflon coated frosting knife to remove my fake wood. Probably twice as good at removing the fake wood as it was at speading frosting.

 

[reffug]

All I can say is if they sold a 25.00 spatular in the Sears tool section I would have gotten one for Christmas.

Besides the spatular I used a teflon coated frosting knife to remove my fake wood. Probably twice as good at removing the fake wood as it was at speading frosting.

ROTFLMAO........................................

We need a how to use cooking implements in the pursuit of cruiser perfection FAQ.......