77 spider rear axle seal

[Carson or Wendy <dammwood@xxxxxxx>]

I had asked a few day ago how much was involved with doing the rear axle 
seals on our 77 spider. Thought I would let y'all now how things turned 
out (wish more people would do this actually instead of asking questions 
all the time... :-)  The job was a snap. Undo the caliper and pull it 
back, I used a combination of a jack stand and wire to hold it out of 
the way. I couldn't get the disc off, so I undid the four nuts at the 
back to get the shield out of the way and the whole axle came out, I 
quickly popped the pin out of the ebrake cable at the diff end.... There 
was my seal just sitting there, the bearing is on the dry side of the 
seal. Popped the seal out with a heal-and-toe bar, went in with a 36mm 
impact socket and hammer. Used a mirror to make sure it was seated. 
Everything went back ok and I even had time to wash it. Never did get 
the disc off, is there a trick to it?
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Carson Damm
Ft. McMurray, AB
Canada

87 Alfa Milano Platinum
81 Fiat X1/9
77 Alfa Spider
61 Alfa Giulietta spider
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