[1966Lemans]

I had one of my axle bearings go bad, so while I have a local shop pressing on the new bearings, I'm tackling the oils seals myself. I was able to reverse the arms on one of my gear pullers, and hook it up to my slide hammer. The first seal came out with 2-3 minutes of wacking. The other side has been more of a pain in the a**. I've been wacking at it for several hours (on and off), and it hasn't appeared to move at all. I've tried grabbing it with a vise grips and giving it a side load/twist, and then reinstalled the slide hammer for some additional wacking. It's almost like it's glued in. Has anyone tackled a difficult axle seal, like this?

--- Jay

[geeteeohguy]

There is a special seal removal tool made by Blue Point that is shaped like an L with a handle at right angles to the stem. The L is on one end (for hammering against) and the other end has a hook to grab the seal. It's about 10" long. Works like a champ. A slide hammer will work wonders, too. Usually, I get them out using the axle itself....insert the axle just past the seal and smartly push down on it, while pulling. This almost always pops the seal right out.

[1966Lemans]

Thanks Jeff! About 10 minutes after I posted, I managed to loosen it enough with a cold chisel to get it out with the slide hammer.

--- Jay