Front Axle install tips
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Front Axle install tips
So after about 1200 dollars in labor and pain later...and research and trial and error i've found that I may as well have stayed with my vibrating axles...this job has been freaking awful my mechanic officially hates me...worst thing ever...
when doing front axles, always leave 1/8 inch or so between the seal and the axle, don't seat it all the way in or it goes in too far and leaks...always make sure the ends of your axes are smooth and if not sand them down...and always install slowly and carefully an imperfect install will cause a leak, even slightly not perfect will...this has been a nightmare, hopefully this helps someone.
when doing front axles, always leave 1/8 inch or so between the seal and the axle, don't seat it all the way in or it goes in too far and leaks...always make sure the ends of your axes are smooth and if not sand them down...and always install slowly and carefully an imperfect install will cause a leak, even slightly not perfect will...this has been a nightmare, hopefully this helps someone.
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how could it go in too far if when you snug up the axle nut on the spindle it should pull it to where it needs to be? I could see initially lining it up to be careful because you can press in the axle seal accidentally in too far but the axle itself should only line up one way after its torqued down.
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how could it go in too far if when you snug up the axle nut on the spindle it should pull it to where it needs to be? I could see initially lining it up to be careful because you can press in the axle seal accidentally in too far but the axle itself should only line up one way after its torqued down.
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Should have known if I posted something a bunch of people would troll it lol. If you don't seat the seal a bit back from flush with the end of the axle it just doesn't seat right and I had take the axle off, put new a new seal on about 4 times to get this right and unfortunately i don't have a place to work on the car so I had to pay someone...lesson learned these axles are a horrible design
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It just sounds like you have an incompetent mechanic doing the work on your Evo to me? I've pulled and reinstalled axels numerous times on these cars and have never once had an issue with anything related to them from "putting them too far in" as you say. Sorry to hear about your terrible experience though. Maybe find an Evo specific shop in your area and they would be able to do a better job at it?
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Should have known if I posted something a bunch of people would troll it lol. If you don't seat the seal a bit back from flush with the end of the axle it just doesn't seat right and I had take the axle off, put new a new seal on about 4 times to get this right and unfortunately i don't have a place to work on the car so I had to pay someone...lesson learned these axles are a horrible design
Im not trolling, but it just seemed rather excessive about the labor fees. Now I understand, but that still sucks.
The axle seal only gets pressed in so far, even though you can actually press it in pretty deep, best bet is to look at how the original one was seated to compare if you aren't familiar. You can press them in too far and Im sure they will leak. Seals in general can be a pain to get right. Another issue is that hopefully you were getting the correct replacement seals.
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