Hi John. The leather seal looks a little different from the rubber seal. It's
not a cup shape. It has a top and bottom flat face. The seal material itself
is bevelled. Let's see if I can make a picture too:
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I have heard from a couple others that the narrow side with the spring faces
inward.
"Lumia, John" <jlumia@ball.com> wrote:
> Hugh, the flat face of the seal should be mounted so it faces outward.
> |_____| In this cross-sectional view the bottom faces outward of the
> diff case. Be sure you clean up the shaft with emery cloth before
> installing the seal otherwise it may leak again. Also if you have a
> later diff (the kind with the locking nut, not the castellated nut),
> then I believe you have to be careful not to overtighten the nut since
> there is a crush washer controlling the pinion bearing preload.
>
> John - 1976 TR6 engine out for rebuild and engine bay respray
>
> Hugh wrote:>
> Question: Which way does the seal go in? From what I can tell on the
> badly
> damaged old seal, the spring/wider/narrower ID side of the seal goes
> toward
> the inside of the diff case. Is that correct?
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