86 trooper front hub oil seal retaining ring - do I really need this thing?

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86 trooper front hub oil seal retaining ring - do I really need this thing? #716419 04/17/06 03:05 PM

Joined: Feb 2006

Posts: 17

North Carolina

TommyC

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I'm repacking the bearings in my front hubs, and had no problem finding the oil seals, but I've been asking around at parts places and shops for the oil seal retaining rings. No one seems to carry these or have found any use for them. Would it be sheer stupidity to not put one back? It was a pain in the ass to remove (I pretty much destroyed it.. pretty soft metal).

Thanks,

Tom

Re: 86 trooper front hub oil seal retaining ring - do I really need this thing? [Re: TommyC] #716420 04/18/06 01:10 AM

Joined: Sep 2003

Posts: 1,214

JLEMOND

Body Damage is Cool

HEY TOM THAT IS A DUST SEAL BRASS COLORED AND SORT OF T SHAPED THAT GOES ON LAST AND IS ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE KNUCKLE, IT KEEPS OUT THE BIG JUNK ,BUT THE SEAL SHOULD STAY IN PLACE , I HAVE SEEN A LOT OF THE KNUCKLES WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN LEFT OUT FROM BRAKE SHOPS LEAVING THEM OUT I SUPPOSSE , NEVER SEEMED TO HURT ANYTHING ,I WOULD GET THE SHIELDS AND THE NEXT TIME YOU HAVE IT APART ,THEN YOU CAN PUT THEM BACK IN JERRY

Re: 86 trooper front hub oil seal retaining ring - do I really need this thing? [Re: TommyC] #716421 04/20/06 02:06 AM

Joined: Aug 2003

Posts: 165

McMinnville, OR

800XL

Wheeler

It sounds to me like you are talking about a ring that presses into the back side of the hub, goes in after the seal. They are the same size around as the seal and press into the hub assembly. I noticed them when I was fixing the 3 broken wheel studs on my daily driver 86. My Troop had the rings, but the donor 86 I got hubs off of did not have them, just the seal pressed in. I put them back in on mine, but the donor rig without them seemed to be doing just fine. In fact, I had more trouble getting the seals out of it than I did on mine.

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