MF202 Steering Seal Repair

Well guys here is where I am. The steering shaft looks pretty cruddy. I took one of my 1" belts for my sander and cut on so I could use it back and forth on the shaft but it's in pretty bad shape.

I still can't figure out how I'm supposed to use the kit they sent me. It said it was to repair a worn shaft. But, I can' tifure out what that small tube with the flare on it is for. If I put it on the shaft, it start's to fit tightly when it gets down where the seal is supposed to run. I figure that the long tube is supposed to push the new seal up into the outer shaft. It just fits too sloppy over the old shaft to do anything. Any ideas? I'm kind of stumped here.

This is the shaft. It’s pretty cruddy looking.
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This is down where the seal rides.
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This is showing the seal to the right of the shaft about where it would run
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A close up of that cruddy shaft
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This is the seal kit they sent me. I can’t figure what the little flared piece is supposed to do.
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I figured the long tube is supposed to be used to push the seal into the outer shaft? It sits sloppy on the steering shaft so it’s no use there.
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The little flared piece starts to fit tightly down on the shaft where the seal is supposed to run.
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Here’s a close up of the seal.
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The flared part of that small piece matches pretty closely the inner flat ring of the seal.
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It also fits inside of that long tube.
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Here is the outer shaft with the old seal still in it.
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The flared tube is called a "speedy sleeve" It will fit over the part where the old seal may have worn a groove in the shaft.
Allows the new seal to fit properly. The long tube is used to push the speedy sleeve into place. Using the flare to push on. The
flare edge should go on the shaft first so the pipe can "Pull" the speedy sleeve into place. Once the sleeve is in place the flare
can be torn off so it doesnt interfere with anything. If you look closely there is a perforation line next to the flare.
Wayne

It would be better to find a tube that is longer than the steering shaft. The speedy sleeve needs to go on evenly all the way around the shaft, the longer tube will allow you to hit it square. If the speedy sleeve starts to go on crooked it egg shapes the sleeve which is no good. The speedy sleeve will expand a little bit when it goes on, do not use Loctite, gasket sealer, or heat the speedy sleeve when installing it.

You only need to watch about half of this video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09LiVbqL6ss

(quoted from post at 17:29:44 04/20/18) The flared tube is called a "speedy sleeve" It will fit over the part where the old seal may have worn a groove in the shaft.
Allows the new seal to fit properly. The long tube is used to push the speedy sleeve into place. Using the flare to push on. The
flare edge should go on the shaft first so the pipe can "Pull" the speedy sleeve into place. Once the sleeve is in place the flare
can be torn off so it doesnt interfere with anything. If you look closely there is a perforation line next to the flare.
Wayne

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So, do I have the speedy sleeve oriented properly in the sixth picture from the bottom? Then the longer sleeve is supposed to push it further down on the shaft?

(quoted from post at 18:16:38 04/20/18) It would be better to find a tube that is longer than the steering shaft. The speedy sleeve needs to go on evenly all the way around the shaft, the longer tube will allow you to hit it square. If the speedy sleeve starts to go on crooked it egg shapes the sleeve which is no good. The speedy sleeve will expand a little bit when it goes on, do not use Loctite, gasket sealer, or heat the speedy sleeve when installing it.

You only need to watch about half of this video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09LiVbqL6ss

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Thanks PT for that video. I had never heard of a speedy sleeve before. :lol:

(quoted from post at 17:29:44 04/20/18) The flared tube is called a "speedy sleeve" It will fit over the part where the old seal may have worn a groove in the shaft.
Allows the new seal to fit properly. The long tube is used to push the speedy sleeve into place. Using the flare to push on. The
flare edge should go on the shaft first so the pipe can "Pull" the speedy sleeve into place. Once the sleeve is in place the flare
can be torn off so it doesnt interfere with anything. If you look closely there is a perforation line next to the flare.
Wayne

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If I can get that sleeve down all the way, can I just leave the flare on the bottom? Looks like it will just be sitting the threads.

Tomorrow, I'm going to measure more accurately where that seal actually runs on that shaft while I still have the old seal in the outer shaft.

Yes that is the correct way. PTs video shows it quite well.
Wayne

If you push the flair down till it stops against the treads you can leave it on. The seal shouldn't come that close to it, or to that little groove on the sleeve.

(quoted from post at 19:52:54 04/20/18) If you push the flair down till it stops against the treads you can leave it on. The seal shouldn't come that close to it, or to that little groove on the sleeve.

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Thanks, I'll see what I can rig up to make a longer pusher so I can push from the top of the shaft.

Here is the outer steering column with the new seal in it. See the ring that the large O ring sits in? What can I use to keep the O ring in that groove so when I turn the column over to install it the O ring doesn't just fall out?

When I pulled the column off, the O ring came off with it in that groove but it wasn't stuck in there with any kind of adhesive. it just lifted right off.

For o-rings and stuff like that that I need to stay in place during assembly, I'll sometimes use a bit of spray gasket maker, let it get tacky, then install the o-ring. It'll usually hold in place.

A little sticky axle grease would work, too.

Ordered a new push button starter switch and a new key switch today. Will wait to receive them before putting everything back together.