axle seal's on l553

[downrigger]

hello i;m back axle seal's on a l553 i gress i'm just not getting it.on the pagage that they came in. one said gasket this is a narrow seal with green around it which i think is the oil seal the other said element seal which i think is the dirt seal and it is wider than the one that said gasket.in a note i read today on this.the gentlemen said the oil seal was the wider one.which is the one that said element seal. so i'm really mix up. and can any tell me the year of this l553 serial #818917 thank you for any help.Jim

 

[Mike10]

Ignore the descriptions on the packages. The wide seal is the oil seal and goes in first. The green one is the dirt seal. The lip of the dirt seal faces the wheel. The lip of the oil seal faces the chain case.

 

[downrigger]

Ignore the descriptions on the packages. The wide seal is the oil seal and goes in first. The green one is the dirt seal. The lip of the dirt seal faces the wheel. The lip of the oil seal faces the chain case.

hello mike thank you for the come back.this is just mixing me all up.when i took the old one's out the narrow one which is the green one came out last the wide one came out first.so that was how i was going to put them back in untill i read your reply to jawolbrink about his89 l555. thank;s again. Jim

 

[downrigger]

Ignore the descriptions on the packages. The wide seal is the oil seal and goes in first. The green one is the dirt seal. The lip of the dirt seal faces the wheel. The lip of the oil seal faces the chain case.

hello Mike you are so right on them seal's.i went ahead and pull the other axle out cause i'm going to replace them too and they are the way you said to do it so thank's a lot's some one at one time or other had them in wrong.now would you know how to get the old sleeve off the axle??it don't look like it is going to come off easily.i just tryed a little heat it just not moving . maybe not enough heat?might have to split it.thank again.Jim

 

[Mike10]

hello Mike you are so right on them seal's.i went ahead and pull the other axle out cause i'm going to replace them too and they are the way you said to do it so thank's a lot's some one at one time or other had them in wrong.now would you know how to get the old sleeve off the axle??it don't look like it is going to come off easily.i just tryed a little heat it just not moving . maybe not enough heat?might have to split it.thank again.Jim

Usually heating with a torch in one spot will expand it enough to pry the sleeve off.