Re: Advice needed - recurring rear axle oil seal leak
 

That would be unlikely seeing as they ran out of the 20's for the last
of the CJ7's and used the Dana 44. I can't see them reinventing
something for the end of a production line.

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
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"L.W.(Bill) ------ III" wrote:
>
> OK, Thanks for the report on your 1986 CJ-5. They must have change
> it to the AMC 20 design, I previously thought only Chrysler/Daimler
> would f**k up a Dana.
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Deano wrote:
> >
> > Just an update on this thread. Despite Bill's diagram, the D44 on the
> > 86 CJ7 in fact has only 1 seal per side and it is outboard from the
> > bearing. There is no grease seal, so the bearing is lubricated by the
> > axle oil. This was confirmed when mine was taken apart again in the
> > process of confirming that the rear-end is not salvageable due to a
> > spun bearing (compliments of the PO) - appears as though the housing
> > has been stretched/warped by the heat and will no longer hold a seal.

Re: Advice needed - recurring rear axle oil seal leak
 

That would be unlikely seeing as they ran out of the 20's for the last
of the CJ7's and used the Dana 44. I can't see them reinventing
something for the end of a production line.

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)

"L.W.(Bill) ------ III" wrote:
>
> OK, Thanks for the report on your 1986 CJ-5. They must have change
> it to the AMC 20 design, I previously thought only Chrysler/Daimler
> would f**k up a Dana.
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Deano wrote:
> >
> > Just an update on this thread. Despite Bill's diagram, the D44 on the
> > 86 CJ7 in fact has only 1 seal per side and it is outboard from the
> > bearing. There is no grease seal, so the bearing is lubricated by the
> > axle oil. This was confirmed when mine was taken apart again in the
> > process of confirming that the rear-end is not salvageable due to a
> > spun bearing (compliments of the PO) - appears as though the housing
> > has been stretched/warped by the heat and will no longer hold a seal.