QT1071 Adjustable Depth Inner Axle Shaft Seal Installer 2000-2002 Ram

QT1071 Adjustable Depth Inner Axle Shaft Seal Installer for all 2000-2002 Dodge Ram 2500 and Ram 3500 trucks with Dana 60 front axles to install QU40298 original equipment CR made seal for the left side axle shaft on all models AND the right side seal for 2002 axles without Central Axle Disconnect (CAD). Custom-fit Seal Installer is specifically made to install your axle shaft oil seal(s) easily and without damaging the seal. Precision CNC machined right here in Montana, this Adjustable Depth Installer is used in conjunction with QT1048 Rod and QT1092 or QT1131 Thrust Plates to make successful installation of your tight fitting CAD seal simple, Easy, and straight forward. The seal fits the face-grooved Installer like a glove, so it will not cock or crush during installation. Also see our TS4621 and QK4621 Tool and Seal Kits.

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Dan the Gear Man® Tech Notes:
Only Works With Original Equipment Design
Inspect Shafts
Seal Remover Tools
When Using
4x4 Tech Help Publications
2003 Model Year
Applications

Tech Note 1: Only Works With Original Equipment Design
Due to the way we have to make the Tool, your Seal Installer and Seal MUST match. QT1071 will only work with original equipment design, CR manufactured seal such as our QU40298. Seals manufactured by other seal manufacturers WILL NOT WORK WITH THIS INSTALLER!!!! We do not manufacture installers for this application to fit any other competitive seal designs such as National, NOK, or NAK.

Tech Note 2: Inspect Shafts
Whenever you remove the front axle shafts on your big Ram, inspect the shafts and axle tubes for any signs of differential fluid leakage. It's a lot cheaper and easier to replace the seals than rebuilding your diff after it blows up due to oil starvation! Differential removal is required for the left (drivers) side seal, but not the disconnect (right) side on vacuum shift axles. These are tricky seals to install, but you can EASILY do it with our tools! QT1032 differential case spreader is definitely recommended but not absolutely required for differential removal/installation. We also find QT9018 dead-blow sledge handy to reinstall the differential.

Tech Note 3: Seal Remover Tools
Once the axle is disassembled, the old seals can be easily removed with our QT1145 and QT1216 Seal Remover Tools or other suitable tool such as a length of sturdy pipe that will fit inside the axle tube. You will also need to clean the inside of the axle tube to remove dirt and crud that could get pushed into your new seal during reassembly.

Tech Note 4: When Using
QT1071 Installer is an Adjustable Depth Installer that allows you to offset the seal to a deeper depth to miss a groove or other damage on the axle shaft. However, YOU MUST be careful you do not set the seal TOO DEEP which may place the seal beyond the axle shaft seal surface!

Tech Note 5: 4x4 Tech Help Publications
Need tech help on how to perform inner axle seal replacement on your 2000-2002 Dodge Ram 2500 or Ram 3500? Get my TSB4620 Inner Axle Seal Replacement Tech Service Bulletin, a fully illustrated, 8 page publication with 31 color photos that is specific to 1994-1999 models but is equally applicable to 2000-2002 model service procedures except for the seal tool numbers and brake rotor removal (2000-2002 brake rotors are not part of the hub assembly). Available in print version only.

Tech Note 6: 2003 Model Year
All Dodge Ram 2500 and Ram 3500 4x4 trucks were built with Dana 60 CAD front axles. For the 2002 model year, early production trucks have the CAD Dana 60, but most later production axles do not have the CAD feature. The Dodge Dana 60 was replaced by a AAM 925 axle for the 2003 model year.

Applications:
Dodge:
Ram 2500, Ram 3500 all with CAD: 2000, 2001, early 2002