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#968318 08/31/2013 9:25 PM
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I have a very leaky drive shaft in my '40 truck. Im about to order a ball seal gasket kit for it but I was wondering is any one has replaced one of these before and can offer any insight on how to attack this problem.

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Thanks! I was thinking about taking the collar off and possibly splitting the gasket at the top and put the gasket around the tube leaving the seam at the top, instead of disassembling everything, do you think this can work?

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I have done that before with success.
It will be hard to make sure the adjustment is correct though.


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I have read on this forum that an O-ring may be a good solution but I have not tried it myself. If you do end up disassembling the ball, you may want to consider it. Maybe some other bolters could chime in about their experience with the O-ring.

http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/detail/NAT0/327.oap?ck=Search_327_-1_-1&keyword=327


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