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09-15-2012, 05:20 PM | #1 |
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Ho 52
I have an HO 52 for my truck, but it needs at least a new pinion seal. And when I say it needs a seal, I mean the oil "streams" out of the pinion while the rear end is on jack stands The question is whether or not I should just try to find a pinion seal for this, or try to find another axle. I know the "easy" solution is to find another axle, but if replacing the pinion seal isn't that big of deal, I may just go that route.
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09-15-2012, 05:22 PM | #2 |
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Re: Ho 52
A good ho can be hard to find...
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09-15-2012, 05:34 PM | #3 |
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Re: Ho 52
I was thinking if it's an easy thing to put a pinion seal in then I would just do that. Otherwise I would think about finding me a late model axle. I have no idea how to tell if it's even worth working on at all stuff like backlash and such.
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09-15-2012, 05:36 PM | #4 |
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Re: Ho 52
Rock auto has them.
I did a search for the same seal for my rig, pretty much the same thing as any H052. http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/raframecatalog.php
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09-15-2012, 05:44 PM | #5 |
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Re: Ho 52
I did see that I can get a seal through Rock Auto. In fact that's where I found all my seals for my T221. Place is a great resource for stuff like that. Do you happen to know if the seals are easy to replace, or would it require special tools/ expertise?
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09-16-2012, 02:19 AM | #6 |
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Re: Ho 52
I related my experience with this seal in Posts 28 thru 33 of my Project thread that you may find informative.
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09-16-2012, 11:10 AM | #7 |
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Re: Ho 52
Wow! Great write-up. That doesn't seem so bad. Maybe I'll just replace the seal and keep this rear end.
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09-17-2012, 07:12 AM | #8 | |
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Re: Ho 52
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I noticed you mentioned the seal number: National 411330N When I looked that up at Advance auto, it says outer axle seal. Any chance the same seal is used in both locations? I too have a leaker on my hands lately and I'm in the "talking myself into it" stages of this fix. For some reason, I'm dreding this job...
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