Pinion seal frustration

They pulled the old nut off, looked at the old tac weld, checked they had another, cut it in half and holy #### this thing was heated off to say the least.

You win the prize. Also the first shop damaged the new seal on installation.

Moral of the story; don't trust Cleveland Mack and volvo sales off Johnston parkway. Or do, but be prepared to redo their work in another shop because atleast they're living up to their warranty.

 

Bit

Bit late for that man, speedie sleeve is on now and the driveline is reassembled. Bout ready to push off. I'll keep that in mind should this one fail a bit early down the road.

Definitely going to be demanding one or the other on the future seal jobs.

 

Yeah I agree, most stuff that isn't safety critical in more than willing to take a crack at. Thing with this, truck was under a load when this became an issue, ergo pushing it through asap became top priority. Not a great time to break new ground in the mechanic department.

Here this early spring/late winter when I'm more caught up on bills, all new hub seals on drives, new adjusters, shocks, air bags, pads, drums and putting on crossfires too. Will probably go ahead and do the input and output deals on the forward diff now that they're all likely coming due.

 

This in regards to the stemco mentioned above? I did ask the service guy on my way out why a sleeve was used instead and he came back saying they had none in stock, couldn't get one till the next day, and a sleeve on a pinion shaft will last just as long as a new shaft vs a hub sleeve on the basis that it doesn't take as much lateral abuse- which made sense in all accounts.

All the same when I run new ones I'll just run these unitized you're talking about and make sure to use the seal installer. Thanks.