Front axle outer seal install tool

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02-12-2019, 10:01 AM

FractureCritical

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Front axle outer seal install tool

The hub seal on the driver side of my 2001 f250is wasted and there’s apparently a special tool neede to drive it into place on the stub shaft. The actual tool is like $80, and it looks kind you can hodge podge a tool together out of plumbing fittings for about $30. I’d rather use the correct tool, if I can. Does anyone know if autozone or a similar place loans that tool out? If not, anyone in north jersey have one I can borrow? Ticks me off that I have to spend $80 to install a $25 seal.

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02-12-2019, 11:55 AM

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You will be hard pressed to find the "tool" at a better price than that.

You can post in the 99-03 7.3L forum and see if anyone has one to loan you.

Many of us cobbled together the home-made tool with great success. The hardest part was getting it ground down to the correct diameter. I took it to a machine shop and they did it for a couple of bucks.

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02-12-2019, 01:08 PM

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The proper tool ,OTC 6695,not only drives the seal on the shaft ,it drives the shaft in the knuckle the proper depth.

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02-12-2019, 01:25 PM

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The proper tool ,OTC 6695,not only drives the seal on the shaft ,it drives the shaft in the knuckle the proper depth.

ok, that sold me.
I'l just buy the tool.
it' cheaper than going back in there again.

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02-12-2019, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by FractureCritical

ok, that sold me.
I'l just buy the tool.
it' cheaper than going back in there again.

tooldiscounter.com $62.10, flat rate shipping to me was about 11 bucks.

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02-16-2019, 07:34 PM

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Ok, that tool was 100% worth it. A few whacks with a hammer and the seal is perfectly set, and a few more whacks and the axle shaft is perfectly set in the knuckle bore. Money well spent

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