If you've got your Dana 44 apart, you might as well change the spindle bearings and seals. Seal Driver Set: amzn.to/3XTpDnh Spindle Bearing and Seal Set: amzn.to/3IL2i2E
Hello, just found this very much needed tutorial. At 7:00 you reset the bearing deeper to make room for the v-seal but at 8:44 the bearing is flush.. Which one is correct, Please thank you.
Thanks, just what I was looking for. I took my old spindle out wanting to replace bearing and seals but I was confused when ordering a replacement kit that the parts were not the same. This has really helped. Thanks again, BTW the video was direct and to the point with no BS I find with other videos.
As a machinist of 45 years I would use an aluminum bar for a drift punch on something as delicate as a needle bearing. Save the brass punch for heavier duty pieces.
You're actually missing a outer axle seal that sits between the roller bearing and that brass thrust washer. Most of the replacements are now Teflon or some other hard longllife plastic. I just rebuilt a early 70s Ford D44 and it was missing literally ever seal. They are all essential if you want to keep the hub water tight. As well as using the outer axle c-clip to retain it into the hub and preload the seals.
@@YoshimoshiGarageI stand corrected, it's there. My parts were a little different but all there. Excellent video for anyone else missing all the seals like I was. I just went off a picture of a parts diagram
Great video. Thanks for uploading. I think I may have messed up the first side I put back togethor. I pressed the bearing in further until it bottomed. I doubt the seal is going to make any contact with the Teflon ring. I don’t know if I should take it apart and redo it?
I would probably just run it. It might be more prone to letting stuff in, and if so it will shorten the bearing life, but it's not likely to fail really fast
Yeah it's already togethor now, I don't think it's worth starting over. If it fails I'll have it apart again in a few years anyhow. Thanks for the tips and the video. It really helped me out. I'll have the other side put together correctly. :)@@YoshimoshiGarage
Interesting. The "red grease" is simply Mobil 1 synthetic, which was invented long after this axle was produced, and this axle was used in Ford, Dodge and Chevy (and AMC, Jeep, and who knows what else). Maybe your manual is referring to a specific type of grease that was more common back in the day. Color is more a branding than anything meaningful any more.
I found this further down in the thread @YoshimoshiGarage @YoshimoshiGarage 5 months ago That seal was missing on both sides when I tore it apart. Question, So is there a v-seal in the hub and a v-seal on the spindle?
