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42 1.5 ton axle flange seal #1402427 03/21/2021 10:56 PM
Joined: Sep 2020 Posts: 53 North Carolina G Gulfsuper 'Bolter
Gulfsuper 'Bolter G Joined: Sep 2020 Posts: 53 North Carolina	Does anyone know where I can get a set of axle flange seals for a 42 1.5 Ron with a 2 speed axle. Were these originally metal? Thanks Bah

Re: 42 1.5 ton axle flange seal Gulfsuper #1402438 03/21/2021 11:57 PM
Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 5,096 Longmont, CO E EdPruss Crusing in the Passing Lane
EdPruss Crusing in the Passing Lane E Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 5,096 Longmont, CO	Usually there is a number on the seal. Otherwise, need the axle Mfgr., etc to find it. Helpful to state kind of truck, etc. so others can know where to start. Ed '37 GMC T-18 w/ DD 4-53T, RTO-610, 6231 aux., '95 GMC running gear, full disc brakes, power steering, 22.5 wheels and tires. '47 GMC 1 ton w/ 302, NP-540, 4wd, full width Blazer front axle. '54 GMC 630 w/ 503 gasser, 5 speed, ex fire truck, shortened WB 4', install 8' bed. '55 GMC 370 w/270, 420 4 speed, grain, dump bed truck from ND. Works OK.

Re: 42 1.5 ton axle flange seal Gulfsuper #1402450 03/22/2021 12:45 AM
Joined: Sep 2020 Posts: 53 North Carolina G Gulfsuper 'Bolter
Gulfsuper 'Bolter G Joined: Sep 2020 Posts: 53 North Carolina	Sorry, it is a chevy 1.5 ton dump truck with duals and the two speed axle. Attachments 1012201840_copy_3024x2268.jpg (535.82 KB, 77 downloads) Bah

Re: 42 1.5 ton axle flange seal Gulfsuper #1402493 03/22/2021 10:56 AM
Joined: Feb 2016 Posts: 1,841 Southeast Michigan 7 78buckshot 'Bolter
78buckshot 'Bolter 7 Joined: Feb 2016 Posts: 1,841 Southeast Michigan	It might have been a metal "shim" style gasket but the modern ones I have seen have a rubber coating on them. When I needed them for my 2 ton LCF I just made them myself from FelPro paper gasket stock. They are not leaking. 1957 Chevrolet 5700 LCF 283 SM420 2 speed rear, 1955 IH 300U T/A, 1978 Corvette 350 auto, 1978 Yamaha DT175, 1999 Harley Davidson Softail Fat Boy

Re: 42 1.5 ton axle flange seal Gulfsuper #1402494 03/22/2021 11:34 AM
Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,608 North Carolina P Paul_WNC 'Bolter
Paul_WNC 'Bolter P Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,608 North Carolina	Are you talking about the seal that mates between the axle shaft and hub? They were a tin/lead material called terneplate. Can you give the dimensions? They may be the same as found on deco military trucks. 1941 Chevy 1 1/2-ton WW2 4x4 dump truck In the Stovebolt Gallery Lots more pictures

Re: 42 1.5 ton axle flange seal Gulfsuper #1402583 03/23/2021 12:46 AM
Joined: Sep 2020 Posts: 53 North Carolina G Gulfsuper 'Bolter
Gulfsuper 'Bolter G Joined: Sep 2020 Posts: 53 North Carolina	Thanks, will have to check dimensions. Will probably remove axle tomorrow. Bah

Re: 42 1.5 ton axle flange seal Gulfsuper #1403224 03/27/2021 2:50 AM
Joined: Sep 2020 Posts: 53 North Carolina G Gulfsuper 'Bolter
Gulfsuper 'Bolter G Joined: Sep 2020 Posts: 53 North Carolina	.Made the gaskets, no leaks. Thanks 78buckshot. Sometimes you try and over think things. Bah

Re: 42 1.5 ton axle flange seal Gulfsuper #1403307 03/27/2021 6:20 PM
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 28,674 Dellrose, TN H Hotrod Lincoln Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer)
Hotrod Lincoln Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) H Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 28,674 Dellrose, TN	I make those axle flange gaskets from very soft aluminum sheet metal about .030" thick, using the dimensions of the hub and the bolt hole diameter and spacing as a pattern. They seem to work better and last longer than gasket paper, especially if the flange doesn't have tapered collets that keep the axle from shifting slightly forward and back on the studs. Jerry "It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt! There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!

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