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gordo
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I found that my final drive was leaking on my d5 94j. I tried to tighten the bevel bearing by using a spinner wrench. I could not make it turn at all. I did remember to take the lock out. I'm just wondering if anyone knows what could be wrong or how to unfreeze it? Thanks for any ideas....
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Tue, Jun 10, 2014 6:39 AM
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Did you undo the clamping bolt on the bottom?
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Tue, Jun 10, 2014 7:38 AM
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Did you undo the clamping bolt on the bottom?
yes i did unclamp the bolt at the bottom and removed it.
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Tue, Jun 10, 2014 9:47 PM
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The old standbys............penetrating fluids.............take your pick
............................heat on the "nut" itself to expand it and break the bond with the underlying threads
............................Big hammer...........well, nothing over a couple pounds......tap on the nut with a drift to attempt to move it around......some folks like an air chisel with a blunt punch to try to vibrate things loose.

Are you turning it counter clockwise to tighten the bearing? Bearing might already be tight. The instructions I remember said to tighten as much as possible with a 5' cheater pipe on the spanner. Have you tried backing it off by turning clockwise?
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Wed, Jun 11, 2014 6:29 AM
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The old standbys............penetrating fluids.............take your pick
............................heat on the "nut" itself to expand it and break the bond with the underlying threads
............................Big hammer...........well, nothing over a couple pounds......tap on the nut with a drift to attempt to move it around......some folks like an air chisel with a blunt punch to try to vibrate things loose.

Are you turning it counter clockwise to tighten the bearing? Bearing might already be tight. The instructions I remember said to tighten as much as possible with a 5' cheater pipe on the spanner. Have you tried backing it off by turning clockwise?
Yeah it may be as tight as it will go. I was trying to go counter clockwise. I used the 5 ft cheater pipe. Then pulled that with the backhoe bucket... Nothing. Except a broke spanner wrench.. I need to try clocKwise. I was thinking about using a thicker oil to slow the leaking.
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Wed, Jun 11, 2014 8:01 AM
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Yeah it may be as tight as it will go. I was trying to go counter clockwise. I used the 5 ft cheater pipe. Then pulled that with the backhoe bucket... Nothing. Except a broke spanner wrench.. I need to try clocKwise. I was thinking about using a thicker oil to slow the leaking.
If there is no slack in the bearings, just put in thicker oil, don't use heat, you will burn the rest of the leaking gasket, and probably, the bellows seal as well.
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Fri, Jun 13, 2014 4:27 PM
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If there is no slack in the bearings, just put in thicker oil, don't use heat, you will burn the rest of the leaking gasket, and probably, the bellows seal as well.
Thank you for the help! I'll try some 140 weight.
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Sun, Jun 15, 2014 6:23 AM
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Reply to gordo:
Thank you for the help! I'll try some 140 weight.
Hi Gordo, I've just taken another look at your serial number, in this case you would burn the sealing O ring and duo-cone back -up seals.
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Sun, Jun 15, 2014 2:57 PM
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