Leaking wheel seal.

You’re welcome to buy their tools if it suits you.

I personally have never had a problem installing one without the tool, which is why I stated that it isn’t necessary.

 

Piece of PVC works well.. Block of wood, anything that will absorb some of the impact when you tap it in place. I also don’t beat the piss out of it. Just lightly tap it all the way around to set it evenly.

I pressed one in with my boot on the side of I-70 in Ohio two weeks ago without damaging it.

The Voyager is really easy to install. Also I just saw that SKF has a version of their Scotseal that they tell you to press in by hand.

 

I've done dozens of wheel seals and never used a seal installer. Just a light touch with a hammer or a block of wood

 

Never been a fan of the single piece wheel seals, but I don't see anything particularly worse about the Stemco Voyager than Con-Met or the others I've dealt with.
You put a little emery cloth to deburr the spindle. No big deal, and if it is, then yeah, there's something wrong.
I know of a couple instances where TA tried telling people that they needed a new axle on account of the spindles not being 100% perfect, and it was absolute (fecal matter produced by a horse). They don't want to warranty wheel seals probably because they're prone to doing (fecal matter) work. At least a good third of wheel seals I've had to replace were ones which had been recently replaced by either a TA or Petro shop. They just don't want to deal with their comebacks.

 

What type of hub do you have? Double jam nut, Pro-Torque, that single nut system Con-Met came out with a few years ago?