Pinion Seal on Prorock 60

Jkzinger

Jkzinger

Caught the Bug
Hi Guys. I removed my pinion nut and yoke to change my pinion seal and it looks like Dynatrac has a metal baffle covering the seal area. It looks like I need to pop out the baffle to get to the seal. Does anyone out there have any good advice on getting the baffle out without damaging it?


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Jkzinger said:
Hi Guys. I removed my pinion nut and yoke to change my pinion seal and it looks like Dynatrac has a metal baffle covering the seal area. It looks like I need to pop out the baffle to get to the seal. Does anyone out there have any good advice on getting the baffle out without damaging it?
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I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure that 'baffle' is just part of the seal itself. Do you already have the new seal for comparison?
 
WJCO said:
I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure that 'baffle' is just part of the seal itself. Do you already have the new seal for comparison?
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Yes I contacted Steve at Dynatrac and he said to get a regular dana spicer seal for a 1986 Chevy K30 dana 60 axle. Was just the rubber seal. Talked to Cory there today and he is pretty sure it is a baffle and you pry it out. Was looking for advice from anyone on how they did it.


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I'm not sure there is any saving it. I was always under the impression that you needed to replace it.
 
I just removed one of those on a Ford 9” a week ago... I had even less space than you beween the pinion and the seal... I couldnt get get leverage with a screwdriver so I used a small puller and reversed the arm in the opposite direction (so the claws face outward).. The seal popped right off.

Seal in place:
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Seal removed:
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The puller was a small version of this.. rotate the claws outward:
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TrailHunter said:
I just removed one of those on a Ford 9” a week ago... I had even less space than you beween the pinion and the seal... I couldnt get get leverage with a screwdriver so I used a small puller and reversed the arm in the opposite direction (so the claws face outward).. The seal popped right off.

Seal in place:
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Seal removed:
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The puller was a small version of this.. rotate the claws outward:
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Thanks Trailhunter! Will try that out.


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TrailHunter said:
I just removed one of those on a Ford 9” a week ago... I had even less space than you beween the pinion and the seal... I couldnt get get leverage with a screwdriver so I used a small puller and reversed the arm in the opposite direction (so the claws face outward).. The seal popped right off.

Seal in place:
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Seal removed:
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The puller was a small version of this.. rotate the claws outward:
View attachment 341590
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good call :thumb:
 
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