Re: Packing rear axle bearings on a 39

Posted by Spats On 2020/2/19 21:02:26

I'm doing the same project on my '41 160. Why is the gasket between the outer seal retainer and the outer seal housing shaped as it is; with only 1 bolt hole and a hole that lines up with the weep hole in the backing plate? The gasket between the seal retainer and the backing plate is the same shape and bolt pattern as the axle flange, why is the other one different? Seems like with only 1 bolt holet, it would tighten unevenly. When I took mine apart the right side had one of the odd shaped gaskets, but on the driver's side, they were both the same, the one that was supposed to be the oddball clearly homemade, and gues what, it leaked! So there must be a reason. I'm making my own gaskets and it's simpler to just use a shim as a template, but clearly, the engineers had something in mind when they designed that gasket.