656 Axle Seal - Felt Needed? (pic)

#1) A felt seal is not listed in the online Case/IH parts catalog but my dealer sold me one based on his parts lookup. ($12). Also, there was no felt washer found during disassembly. Should I use one?

#2) Wish dealer would have clued me in on the o-ring. Wasted 1/2 hour in town today trying to track one down; nothing large enough. The information in the archives was right (as usual), this job has been pretty easy but without the o-ring I won't be able to finish until Monday or later. Arrgh!

#3) I'm going to try to seat the new seal at a different depth as per the archives.

#4) Any other tricks or tips to give this repair a good chance of working?

Thank you.

Clean that axle off really, really good and oil it down so the new seal won't get cut on reassembly. Slowly turn the cap/new seal and be careful as you go back on.

Also, you're probably going to need a 6-point socket to get those 4 cap screws out. The heads get rounded off on the top two bolts over the years and makes for hard removal.

No, no felt. Both the new double-lipped seal and o-ring run me something like $54 per side at CaseIH?

Picture shows what the collected twine fibers do to an axle seal.

Allan