My diff got setup! Yippee! However, I can't find a pinion seal that will fit. Thoughts?
My diff got setup! Yippee! However, I can't find a pinion seal that will fit. Thoughts?
Industrial seal catalogs by shell OD, shaft dia., seal lip type and material, shell depth
Beer can hammered in place with chewing gum to hold. 
Your diff is what?
Do you have a hydraulic repair/bearing place near you? They will find it.
Jaguar Salisbury that is a Dana 44 hybrid.
The industrial seal is the best long term solution but I think that the beer can may win for a short term challenge solution. That only has to last 5 hard miles.
Skf 18896 is the seal you need based on cross referencing the OE number J701056739QST
it is available on Amazon and ebay. Look and see if any ebay sellers are local and offer pickup?
We have a local bearing house and they had the obscure seal I was after just sitting on the shelf.
Patrick said:Skf 18896 is the seal you need based on cross referencing the OE number J701056739QST
it is available on Amazon and ebay. Look and see if any ebay sellers are local and offer pickup?
Or call a napa or carquest on Monday. Also, I have had parts shipped to the hotel.
Robbie said:Patrick said:Skf 18896 is the seal you need based on cross referencing the OE number J701056739QST
it is available on Amazon and ebay. Look and see if any ebay sellers are local and offer pickup?
Or call a napa or carquest on Monday. Also, I have had parts shipped to the hotel.
If napa 18896 is the same part as skf, then they have them.
The issue is that I swapped gear sets to an off the shelf Dana 44 pinion that has a slightly smaller diameter. I could certainly use the stock sized seal for a short distance though. Has to be better than a beer can.
How much smaller diameter? Add a couple od Speedi-sleeves to bring it up to diameter, or find a machinist smart enough to make you a sleeve to press onto the yoke.
Oil seals are sold by ID, OD and thickness. Typically in metric measurements. I would walk into my local Mcguire bearing and give them the dimensions and walk out in a few minutes with a double lipped seal for under a fiver. That is the proper way to do it.
I can't fathom how a beer can would do the job. All I can see it doing is galling up the shaft and ruining it.
On really vintage stuff I often have to replicate original style leather seals. That usually entails going to Tandy and finding a scrap of something tough in the thickness I need and punching out the circle in my punch press, making a slightly undersized hole in the center and installing it with a custom machined washer that presses into the housing to hold it in place. These are usually for king pin housings and not something that sees sustained spinning or high speeds though.
If you can find a seal that fits the pinion shaft but is a little too small on the OD some rtv silicone will get you by for a few hundred miles.
Found the correct seal, someone beat me to this and I ordered a seal. Hopefully it gets here early enough to drive. If not I have one going to the hotel as well.
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