JEEP XJ DANA 30 OUTER AXLE TUBE SEALS - THE COMPLETE INSTALLATION GUIDE 

THANK YOU VERY MUCH for posting this video, I was staring at my XJ's axle tube wondering how that plastic circle was gonna keep the water and mud out.....then i stumbled on your video. Bought those seals and have one installed last night. Thanks Dan!!

great job. love to see others go above and beyond in there repairs.

I love your attention to detail bro. It is no wonder your XJ looks so damn nice and clean

My son is special needs, to see you doing a plunge for Special Olympics is awesome!

Great information young man, God bless .

Dan Great job I will get mine done as well thanks for the grind tips

Great video I really like your tool organization it makes the inner OCD in me happy

Awesome!

You are so right, Dan... If you can have the foresight to spray down the bolts before the project starts you will thank yourself. haha. Another awesome vid and project. I have actually never replaced those axle seals...

Excellent!

I like your videos, thanks for do them!

I think they make an angled zerk fitting too... I know, two years later. I LOVE both your vids!!! I am preserving my 92 and your instructions of things that CAN go wrong are great as well as your HOT - TO!! Also, man crushing on your New England accent :).. In a straight guy kinda way

they make angled grease fittings for future reference

HELL YEA DUDE! POLAR PLUNGE!

Great video man I’m doing my tj soon and I’ll have this vid on stand by 🇺🇸🦅👊👍

Thanks for the shout out brother! Wish I could go with you to jersey to meet up with D+E ! Great job on the video !

Nice job Dan.Thanks for the tip on that grease zerk,I will remember that when I install my tube seals.P.S. good luck with that Polar Plunge with D and E.....

Some random advice on a really old video that you may or may not have figured out by now. Buy different bolts for the hub, those 12 point will strip easily when they start to rust. Also putting a socket on it to hit can damage your socket so the ratchet no longer goes in. I just buy new grade 8 hex bolts from the hardware store and use the old ones to remove all future hubs and just hit the 12 point head itself. Air hammer helps a ton as well but be careful not to do too much at once so you don't get it crooked and pinch a bolt and make it a pain to remove. Also never hit your tie rod, even with the nut on you can damage the tie rod or the castle nut itself. You should hit the side of the knuckle where the tie rod goes through it, that way there is no damage to the tie rod and you're hitting a thick piece of steel so it won't get hurt either. I suggest putting the castle nut on for a couple threads to catch the tie rod from hitting the ground though like you did in the video. PB is not a good rust penetrant, it's designed as a lubricant/penetrant and that makes it only ok as a rust penetrant since those are 2 completely things that require different types of fluid. Better options are Liquid Wrench Rust Penetrant, Free All and Seafoam Deep Creep, there's other but those are my personal favorites. Adding anti-sieze to the hub mounting surface and the rotor without first cleaning them of rust completely or by adding a whole lot of it can cause alignment issue with the parts and create a vibration or even death wobble. Also if grease comes out of the seal it's over full and created an opening for contaminants to enter the seal which completely defeats the purpose of the seal. You should never fill something with grease until the grease comes out, just a couple pumps of grease every oil change is all that's needed to keep things going. My advice is all from being an alignment technician in the rust belt for about 2 decades so obviously I'm used to dealing with much rustier vehicles than what you showed but hopefully it helps still. Also I find it funny everyone is saying to use an angled zirk fitting but they don't realize if the grease gun won't clip on the zirk fitting then the angled fitting won't have enough room to thread into the seal housing without removing it first and possibly damaging it or the seals.

Doing a little binge watching this morning before I get out there to see why the ole girl is weird after fighting the track bar replacement battle. Need some motivation! As you said there’s nothing wrong with asking the big man for help! Here I go!

There are elbow (90 degree) grease fittings, I use them on the ball joints for easier greasing.

Damn Dan, great video! The editing, and info was perfect. My seals have since tore so now I need to find a way to remove these. I won a cheaper set with no way to replace the seals unfortunately.

another good video, mate ! I did torque down the hub nut with 175 ft lbs - by the book ......

Do the jeep ZJ rear disc conversion. I did mine and it’s a great upgrade. I got everything from a junkyard. Very easy. Nice Jeep! Put some discs on it!

Maybe before hand put in a 90 degree Fitting but hindsight is always 2020. Great vid!!!

i took my axels off to replace iner seals and i could not belive all the corochion inside axel tube.... i couldnt belive how cheap the stock outer seals where .. this is going to be a great up grade

If you got one just use a 10" 2 jaw puller to pull hub off it works great, I just did this yesterday

Thanks mate, I am re building my front axle and was wondering if there was something better for the outer \m/

Ha! Not my chair not my problem... bwaahaahaa y'all have a badass day 🤘

They do make a grease gun adapter (Needle Nose) that will let you grease any fitting no matter how little room there is.

Damn how do you not come out looking like the ten man with all that anti seize!

Great video but there are extended Grease zerk fittings you could get for it.

Very nice.I have a 91 Wrangler YJ. Dana 30. I installed a one piece Cherokee axle , and yes , I did something I shouldn't have. I installed a Spartan locker. Now my axle stays locked. Tires squeal when I turn. And it ate my front tires. I hate to go back to my two piece axle. But the seal won't fit on that axle. What would you do? I like having a locker, but it may have to go.

Well it's been awhile how are those seals holding up Happy New Year

Instead of grinding your axle housing, you can pick up angled grease zerks for the seals

I just ordered a pair of seals for my xj. My U joints are gone too, so while I'm at it...

I noticed you're running a wj overland steering wheel. Did you manage to make the radio controls work? Also does the cruise work?

I have fluid leaking from there. Does that mean it's an inter seal where the difference has to be removed?

I watched a video earlier where the guy filed down the side of his grease gun nozzle. May be a little better than shaving that axle. :)

The zerk clearance is why you install them forward. Worrying about crus getting on the zerk is ridiculous

what type of RTV do you use...i.e. gasket type sealer or something else? Thanks good video by the way.

Those seals are a great ideas in principle, but they only last a few thousand miles. I went through 3 pairs before I gave up on them, after a few thousand miles, they wont' keep water out, they still do a fair job on dirt though.

Nice exhaust sound, what is the name of it? Thanks for all your videos. Regards from Denmark

I am rebuilding the other side tomorrow

I've watched probably 1/2 dozen videos on Danna 44 trying to figure out if there is a seal or not in the outer housing section, my Haynes manual says there "slinger seal" but I can find that seal in any parts store. So as I watch you video I again se these seals being used are they after market to solve an issue?

Great video, one comment on the hub removal since I haven't seen it mentioned yet. There's an easier way that you can do by yourself that require not manual effort. Use the strength of the car to get the hubs out. Put a 3" 1/2 socket extension (the basic one) between the back side of the hub and on the back part of the axle assembly, it should just fit if you have to steering on so you can move it by hand, then just turn the steering wheel to rotate the hub towards the extension set and viola, it presses out like a hydraulic press by the power of yoy power steering. Found that trick on a forum after 2 hours of trying to pound my routed ones out and it worked in seconds.

What rims are those?? I always thought they were aftermarket, but you have the Jeep center caps..

Not you can’t use Inner C gussets with these. And if you are running axle C Gussets i would recommend buying 45* grease fittings and making them come out at the top and bend towards the hub side.

On the grease fitting, can’t you just unscrew it and poi in a flat one and use the needle to grease it?

Hey man how are these outter tube seals going? Ive heard mixed things about them and people say to go stock seals cause these aftermarket ones leak so id love to hear input

What is the white stuff brushed on at 11 minutes 51 seconds?

Would these seals actually prevent a fluid leak if the inner seals failed?

i need axle seal that fits passenger side 1 piece axle conversion i have an 85 and need one that fits 84-86 since made by amc anyone know part number ive tried many seals already

Use a needle point for the grease.

What if the inner seal goes bad will the fluid leak past these ?

What ball joint kit was that? Thanks

Looks easy enough, Im about to rebuild and re-gear my Dana 44 where the actual axle seals are trashed. New seals and these new insert and she should be good for another 245,000 miles. Just a quick reference for the future, they do sell grease needles nozzle's that can be used for tight spaces like this one and U-joints. Its a needle nozzle that fits in your grease gun and comes to the point that fits inside the grease zerk. Go to 2:55 on this video to see how it works - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-JmJNjg-zEKA.html

they make zirc fittings on a 45 degree angle ya putz.

Could have used an elbow zerk fitting?

Can that fit 9n Dana 44 did that portact from oil drain

are these seals found on 1987 jeep yj's?

Whats the point of these with inner seals? All these seals do is stop dust from getting in

Your way of grinding for the grease zert worked, another guy just ground his tip of his grease gun…

You could have just installed angled zerts. I would think that would be a better option for anyone watching.

Just use a 90 degree grease fittings !

It's easier to use a pickle fork. Just saying