Sternwheeler
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- Mar 20, 2019
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- Location
- Manning, SC
- Vehicle Year
- 2005
- Make / Model
- Ford Ranger
- Transmission
- Automatic
I was getting fed up trying to start the axle tube seal. Every tool that claimed to be a seal driver would crush the ridiculously large cone that extends from the seal. Every tool designed specifically for this seal was stupid money. There was no room to swing a hammer to start it with taps around the flange. So, out of a piece of 4x4, I made this “tool” to hold the seal in position, protect the cone, and get it started. You put the seal in the end of the post, then slip the end of the post over the axle tube, then whack the hell out of it with a sledge. The mass of the post absorbs a good bit of your striking energy. But, being wood, the seal end is gentler on your seal and axle.
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