Need a favor re: installing new axle seals and gaskets

Hope this question isn't too dumb. If it is, I apologize.

I bought from YT all the gaskets and seals that I am supposed to need to install on the rear axles of my early ('49) 8N. (BTW, YT gave good service and shipped them out right away.)

I am not sure if the previous owner of the tractor installed all the gaskets, or installed them correctly, so I wouldn't want to necessarily duplicate what is there already.

I know how to install the seals themselves, of course, but am not sure of the correct position in which all of the gaskets are supposed to be installed, and sure would appreciate it if someone would tell me the correct sequence and locations to install them, or refer me to a diagram that will show in detail where the gaskets go. I do have the Operator's Manual and the IT service manual, but neither really seems to show in detail exactly where all the gaskets go.

The gaskets I am talking about are:

8N4225 - axle outer retainer gasket
8N4284 - axle shaft gasket
8N4290 - axle oil seal gasket, inner
9N4130 - paper shim gasket for bearing retainer

I don't know which gaskets are which, though. Two of them are cork, and a little larger in diameter than the seals themselves. Two of them are paper, and about the same diameter as the seals. Four others are paper, about 6" in diameter, and have 6 bolt holes in them. And I guess the axle shaft gasket just goes over the axle, right?

Thanks in advance.
 
Absolutely not a dumb question. If it hadn't been for John Smith's site I'd still be scratching my head as I tried to figure out which gasket and seal and shim went where when replacing those parts on my '52 8N a few years ago.
 

I'm in the same boat with my 8n. Mine does not have the inner seals and it's a 1951 according to the block serial number. On top of that the outer seal retainer plates are missing. I just bought this tractor over the weekend and all the brake parts were handed to me in a box. I just ordered a bunch of parts from the YT including new outer seal retainer assy's
 

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