QT1086 Inner Axle Shaft Seal Installer for 2-5/8" OD Dana 44 Front Axle Seals

QT1086 1974-1977.5 Ford Dana 60 and 1978-1979 Ford plus 1980-1991 Jeep Wagoneer Dana 44 Large Diameter Inner Axle Shaft Seal Installer Installs QU40160 2-5/8" outside diameter front inner axle shaft oil seals in 1974-1977.5 Ford F250 Crew Cab Dana 60 Front Axles plus those 1978-1979 Ford Bronco, Ford F150 and 1980-1983 narrow track Jeep Cherokee, and 1980-1991 Jeep Wagoneer Dana 44 front axles that use QU40160 seals.
QT1086 installer is also included in:
QK4933 Install Tool and Seal Kit
TS4933 Install Tool Set without seals

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Dan the Gear Man® Tech Notes:
Must be Removed
Use Proper Tools
Common Seal Failures
After Installation
Matching Parts
Applications

Tech Note 1: Must be Removed
Your brakes, wheel hubs, spindles, axle shafts, and differential must be removed from the housing to replace your QU40160 inner axle shaft seals. Use QK4647 Tool Set to remove the old seals.

Tech Note 2: Use Proper Tools
Once the seals are removed, you need to clean any dirt, grit or crud out of the diff housing and axle tubes. After that, you can install your new seals. Seal installation is best done with our tooling made for your specific application. Sometimes you can get by with makeshift installers you cobble together, but in most cases, using makeshift tools just guarantees you get to do the job all over again.

Tech Note 3: Common Seal Failures
These Seals can be wrecked by grit, crud, seaweed, baling twine, etc., getting in the axle tubes and taking out the axle seal lip. Blown axle u-joints can also cause seal failures. Seals will also fail from improper installation, wear, plugged axle vents, and the rubber lip cracking from plain old age. On a lot of older trucks, just removing and reinstalling an axle shaft will take the seal out because the seal lips have hardened with age.

Tech Note 4: After Installation
After the seals are installed, be sure to grease the lips to provide initial lubrication for the seal lip. Neglecting this step will usually cause the seal to fail the first time you use 4x4 mode. Do NOT grease the axle shafts as the grease will pick up crud as they are slid into the axle housing.

Tech Note 5: Matching Parts
Matching Parts for QT1086 Installer:
QU40214 Dana 44 Diff Cover Gasket
S82194 Ultra Gray RTV Sealant
QK4647 Inner Axle Seal Remover Tool Set
QU40160 Inner Axle Seal
QT1219 Diff Case Spreader
QK4933 Install Tool and Seal Kit
TS4933 Install Tool Set without seals
QT1161 Thrust Plate

Applications:

Ford:
Ford Dana 60 with axle tag numbers: 603448, 603628, 603765, 603786: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977.5
Ford Bronco and F150 with axle tag numbers: 610019, 610020, 610047, 610049, 610066, 610067: 1978, 1979

Jeep:
Jeep Standard Track Cherokee, Wagoneer: 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985
Grand Wagoneer: 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991