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Jul 21st, 2025 | | | | Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 165 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 165 |  Are the felt packing grease seals for the front hubs of a 1.5 Ton available anywhere? Everything I have seen are replacement grease seals. Are there any preferances on which are better? Thanks Kevin 
Kevin
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,068 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,068 | I'ld go with the lip seals, they hold water out better in my opinion,
Scott | | | | | Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,867 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,867 | Ive replaced the seals in my COE with felt and they worked great, both front and rear. I bought discs of it at McMaster Carr and cut to size. A circle cutter for a drill works wonders. I had to use felt as the seal was inside a lipped flange on the truck. No way to use a standard oil seal there.
Recently I went through both front and rear axles and pulled the lipped portions off and plan on using newer nitrile seals for all the hubs, because my rear hubs were made to run grease and there was a seal which rode on the axle nut to keep the oil from transferring into the hubs. Up until recently they worked great, but I noticed a small stain inside the tire and pulled it apart to find that the outer seal had failed (due to pitting on the axle nut) and that fluid had gone through the hub and past the felt seal contaminating the brake linings.
An expensive mistake, but live and learn.
Good luck, Jeff | | | | | Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 165 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 165 | Thanks Scott and Jeff.  McMaster is a good site. Kevin
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| | | | | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,877 . | | . Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,877 | I have also made the felt seals, for front and rear axles on a 1929 Hudson car.
Buy the felt from McMaster Carr, and also a gasket cutter from them. It has two blades, one cuts the inside diameter, and one the outside, all at the same time. Sharpen the blades as sharp as you can get them, tack the felt to a board, and carefully cut out the felt donuts. The circle cutter is not supposed to be used in the drill press, but I ran it slow with a slack belt, worked great, just don't stick your fingers in there.
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