Re: [AMC-list] "big nut" axle pinion seal, available on RockAuto?!

[Joe Fulton <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Here's a picture of the 5778 seal supposedly.  And there are details about what it fits.  Althought I don't think they got the AMC cars quite right.



http://auto-parts.myride.com/auto-part/1109382-national-axle-seal-5778#fits

Joe Fulton

--- On Thu, 9/17/09, tom jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: tom jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: [AMC-list] "big nut" axle pinion seal, available on RockAuto?!
> To: "AMC, Rambler, Nash, Jeep and family" <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Thursday, September 17, 2009, 4:22 PM
> More on this part...
> 
> The rockauto page for the part says "spicer 53".
> bca/national 5778. That
> appears to be the correct axle type, and if I believe what
> I read on the
> internet (how could it be wrong?) Hudson used the same
> axle. So far so good.
> 
> There's a thread on classiccar.com (
> http://www.classiccar.com/index.php?option=com_jfusion&Itemid=62&jfile=showthread.php&t=2498)
> Hudson forum where someone chased this down and got a good
> seal. To save you
> the trouble here's a summary:
> 
> - anyone know part # for 54 hudson spicer 53
> - should be National 5778
> - thanks crosses to Advanced Discount #473313....
> - ...which doesn't fit. [tomj: WAS THE CROSS-REF WRONG, or
> CORRECT CROSS-REF
> AND WRONG PART?]
> - pulled the old seal off axle, part number reads National
> 14233.
> - National 14233 crosses to Motor City S-5775.
> (Taiwanese-made Federal Mogul
> part)
> - THAT FITS FINE.
> 
> But I can't find any reference to "National 14233" via
> google (which could
> mean anything, or nothing).
> 
> And what/who the hell is "Motor City"?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> All of your arguments are invalid.
> Enjoy your unstable system.
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