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| | | | Joined: Jan 2015 Posts: 51 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2015 Posts: 51 | I was installing new taperd wheel bearings and seals in my 1950 3100. The inner bearing has a collar extending in twords the spindle that the seal rides on. The seal is flat. When installing the seal it is bottoming out on the bearing before the seal can be taped all the way into the hub. The seal seems like it will fall out. Unfortunately I bought this bearing kit over a year ago so I can't return it. I was looking in the Filling Station catalog and their kit mentions a modified seal. I wonder if that what I need. Any body else run into this problem? | | | | | Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 1,747 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 1,747 | The seal fits the hub(outside) and the spindle(inside). Stock seal should work fine. Keeping the grease in the hub and bearing. The type of bearing won't matter much unless it is too tall in the hub. Use your finger to feel the bearing sets all the way down to the step. If you can feel a gap, you need to seat it all the way to the seat. Compare the seal outer lip to a stock seal. They should be very close to the same height.
Steve H
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