Wagon grease seal - need help

Joe W.

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I'm rennovating an old running gear and don't understand how to replace the grease seals on the spindles. The actual grease seal is some kind of a fabric that has become stiff with old grease. I redid a gear a couple of years ago that used felt as a seal but this doesn't look or feel like felt. It looks like the fabric needs to be dug from between the two steel sides and replaced with something. But what? Please help me if you can. Thanks.
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Looks like it was wrapped with a graphite impregnated cord like we used many years ago. Cord wrapped around in the groove until it was slightly larger than the shaft. Gently work the hub over the cord for a good seal.

Don't know if a bearing house would still carry that item. I remember we had some of different diameters, maybe up to 3/8".
 
Bearing "packing cord" or some such term. I used some on a F20 trany shaft few years back. Some Marine inboards prop shafts also use the packing cord wrapped around shafts, some are silicone grease packed, others graphite packed. Cord wrap is used to repair leaks because it can be wrapped around shafts and the cover plate put back on instead of a O ring that requires shaft to be pulled. Think of GM 2 piece rear main seals compared to the Ford O ring on 140/302 engines- GM doesn"t need flywheel, tranny, etc removed, just loosen bearing caps after dropping pan. Ford is quicker to do on assembly line in sequence, GM needs a couple more steps and a bit more time- but is field serviceable with lot less time. Packing cord designs can be serviced easier some times and during assemble if a leak is found at final inspection can be relatively quickly fixed on boat shafts- pull cover plate, add another wrap and squirt of grease or shot of pack swelling fluid- diesel or sometimes plain water, silicone grease follow up.
 

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