I have a Dana 60 front out of a 78 Ford dually, and for the life of me I can't get the long side inner axle seal to live more than a few years. Short side never has issues. Been using the standard Dana Spicer 36487. Is there a better option out there? I would even take an outer seal at this point, but I haven't come across any for this application.
Dana 60 Front Axle Seal
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RockChucker
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Is the seal surface on your axle shaft in good shape? Axle housing straight? I attempted to install the newer super duty 2 piece style seals in my housing and failed hard. Wrecked $50 with of seals very quickly. Ended up installing normal seals
As far as I can tell the housing and shaft are both straight, and the surface of the shaft is good. Last time I replaced the seal (~2 years ago) I double checked all of those. When I swap the seal again I will double check. This will be the 4th seal in about 7 years on that side.
Pike2350
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I had an issue with my C being welded on at an angle..eating up seals on my D44. I went with a Seals-It seal and haven't had an issue in the few years I've had it in there.
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Axle Seals | Seals-It - Industrial Seals CT
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I had an issue with my C being welded on at an angle..eating up seals on my D44. I went with a Seals-It seal and haven't had an issue in the few years I've had it in there.
Axle Seals | Seals-It - Industrial Seals CT
Thanks. Did you just go with their economy seal?
Pike2350
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I believe so. It's now been about 4 years so I don't recall....but it didnt have the polished case that the hi performance was shows.
Thanks. Looking over their site I don't see how their fancy seal would work for my axle as it appears to need to be set internally. The economy seal though looks like they have an option of a 2.125" ID and 1.5" axle shaft, so I will probably just try installing this at the same time as I replace the inner seal.