Hi chaps. I recently replaced the rear main seal on '96 80-series 1HZ. Now, currently I have some labyrinth type rear inner axle oil seals. This video shows a Terrain Tamer swivel hub version:
So, for those that aren't overly familiar with these types of seals, their advantage is that the lip on the shaft doesn't actually rotate, thus they don't wear a groove (eventually) into the shaft. Now, has anyone seen a version of one of these for the rear main seal? I daresay it would simply be a matter of getting the exact size of the existing rear main seal and then trying to track down a labyrinth seal equivalent manufactured by one of the many oil seal manufacturers out there. Anyway, just putting it out there in case someone else has already looked into this.
So, for those that aren't overly familiar with these types of seals, their advantage is that the lip on the shaft doesn't actually rotate, thus they don't wear a groove (eventually) into the shaft. Now, has anyone seen a version of one of these for the rear main seal? I daresay it would simply be a matter of getting the exact size of the existing rear main seal and then trying to track down a labyrinth seal equivalent manufactured by one of the many oil seal manufacturers out there. Anyway, just putting it out there in case someone else has already looked into this.
