[AT] John Deere B rear seal Q.

[John Wilkens]

Many thanks John P, John B, Gotdon, Duane and Dudley for the 
"education" you have offered on JD B rear axle seals!  I just found 
the inner seals for $10 at our local bearing/welding supply so have 
decided to fix the old B right.  Oh well, what's a little more 
work.   Thanks again.   John W.


At 06:15 PM 01/13/2009, you wrote:
>In a nutshell, if you are leaking oil at the point where the axles exit the
>housing, the seals are at the inner end of the axles, inside the rear end
>housing.  The seals at the outer end are mostly dust seals.  You will need
>to take the back off of the rear end, remove the bull gears and remove the
>axles.  Then drive out the old seals and install new ones. The proceedure is
>covered in the service manual.  John
>
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>From: "John Wilkens" <jwilkens at eoni.com>
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>Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 5:47 PM
>Subject: [AT] John Deere B rear seal Q.
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> > Looks like I have a problem.  Looks like it's going to be necessary
> > to pull the axles on my mid-series John Deere B (under 201,000) just
> > to install some new outer felt seals...which means draining all the
> > rear end grease, hyd. fluid and removing the whole power unit.   Am I
> > right?    :(      John W.
> >
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