CarMech1969
Full Member
Good morning everyone,
Yesterday, I replaced the pads, rotors and brake hardware all the way around on my 2002 2500.
Living in the rust belt sucks - there was an unbelievable amount of rust on everything.
Soaked up tons of time to clean up everything as a result.
When I took apart the right rear brake assembly, I noticed that oil had gotten in between the hub flange and the rotor hat.
Since the caliper is not leaking, I concluded that it can only be the axle seal. I suppose it's actually a hub seal...since it's a full floater rear end.
Smelled like gear oil as far as I could tell. Been huffing brake clean all day and the smell was up my nose...lol
I found out that the single piece axle seals are no good and don't last very long.
There is an improved design that I have heard about.
Any part number recommendations for this Avalanche?
I was looking at RockAuto, Amazon etc....and many of those part numbers do not look like the right part when looking at the illustrations.
Thanks in advance.
CarMech1969
Yesterday, I replaced the pads, rotors and brake hardware all the way around on my 2002 2500.
Living in the rust belt sucks - there was an unbelievable amount of rust on everything.
Soaked up tons of time to clean up everything as a result.
When I took apart the right rear brake assembly, I noticed that oil had gotten in between the hub flange and the rotor hat.
Since the caliper is not leaking, I concluded that it can only be the axle seal. I suppose it's actually a hub seal...since it's a full floater rear end.
Smelled like gear oil as far as I could tell. Been huffing brake clean all day and the smell was up my nose...lol
I found out that the single piece axle seals are no good and don't last very long.
There is an improved design that I have heard about.
Any part number recommendations for this Avalanche?
I was looking at RockAuto, Amazon etc....and many of those part numbers do not look like the right part when looking at the illustrations.
Thanks in advance.
CarMech1969