Real Time Help - left-over part!

[EricG]

I'm putting the rear axle for my disk brake swap back together. It's from a 74 FJ55. I put the small pieces - axle clips, center shaft & block that goes through the diff, cover nuts, etc. - into a tupperware. Now as I'm about done, I find this rubber o-ring in there. But I don't know where it came from ... I don't remember taking it out??

It looks like it might fit over that center shaft - can't tell for sure as the cover is already partly back on.

Can anybody tell me where this goes? Or did somebody slip it in there to **** with me!?

 

[kbushnz]

Looks too new and clean...
Looking thru Toyodiy.com I don't see any seals like that for the drive axles.

ToyoDIY.com

But I am not schooled up on the FJ's

 

[mattcamp]

are you sure it wasn't used to seal your drain plug or fill plug? looks about the right diameter

 

[Bret]

The only thing that comes to mind "might" be one of the o-rings inside the brake caliper that rides on the 2 locator pins that hold the caliper to the bracket. That looks a little big though, what are the chances of somone f$kin' with you?

 

[Pighead]

are you sure it wasn't used to seal your drain plug or fill plug? looks about the right diameter

No rubber rings for either fill or drain plugs.

 

[EricG]

Thanks guys - I don't think it's from the drain or fill plugs. To small, and I've never seen an o-ring on them. And this axle has never had disk brakes on it (yet!).

The odds of somebody ****ing with me are really low, but I'll be damned if I know where this came from. It was in the tupperware with all the other parts I needed to put the axles back in and the cover plate back on and the lid was on!

 

[flaminbandit]

did you fit caliper rebuild kits ??

looks like the seal between the front caliper 1/2's

 

[Bret]

Also looks like the right size for a garden hose seal?

 

[EricG]

Ok, guess I'm going to button it up and chalk this up garage gnome.