That is all. Carry on.
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Any issues with overheating hubs after your test drive? What brand or source of seals did you use. This will be a spring job for me as I had trouble with the right rear most hub overheating. Another thread suggested poorly made outer seal. And after adjusting the bearing per tm's three times and bad weather, I set it aside for spring. This time I going to focus on the seal for the problem.
The oil from the diff. shouldn't be in the bearings.I pulled all the rear hubs off one of my Dueces today. You said you packed the bearings. I thought they ran in oil from the diff. When you siliconed the keyway does that stop the oil from the diff getting in there?? So then packed bearings are good?? I was going to order new seals tomorrow, but if the oil is sealed out and the grease takes care of the bearings I don't need to.
Thats why I used 6 ton jack stands. Thats 24,000# capacity. And I only jacked one axle at a time. I think that is more than sufficient. And then I used a 10 ton low boy jack to jack it up. Whatever works, that works safely.My m211 had deteriorated cork seals and while it was apart changed the wheel cylinders,[there are two per wheel on these] and used brake clean on every thing. Worked well but the hub on these M211's has tapered sleeves on the hub bolts. Those were a bear to snap loose. I had to put hydraulic jack pressure and hit them with a maul to shock them loose. Everything else was easy. Repacked the bearings bled the brakes and good to go. Now the master cylinder went bad. Oh yeah, I put new seals on inside and outer, while it was apart . They were worn too. I was alittle anxious before doing the job, but after taking it apart it was quite simple. Go for it. Have a good strong support under the axle. I use 6x6 blocks. I dont trust jack stands on a heavy truck like this.Go for it.
Usually as long as I have the truck that far apart anyway, I replace all the seals.![]()