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  Teflon
tape should be a staple in a toolbox. Seal the threads well and install
the fitting in the new tapped location. This seal isn't for air, the
system never pressurizes the axle housing. This is more to keep all the
lubricant in the housing if you get a little radical on the trails. |
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  No
one likes an oil leak, especially when you were the one that did the
drilling...
Don't torque it down too much, remember that you want it to seal without stripping out the new threads. |
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  Now
that the bulkhead body (correct name) is installed in the housing, it is
time to work on the tube that gets the air from the fitting to the locker.
Start with selecting the correct compression nut and ferrule. There are
two ferrules that come with the installation kit, but only one of them
will fit correctly on the tube. See the photo to the right. |
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  Putting
the carrier back into place, use your hands or an appropriately sized
tubing bender to form the tube up and over the bearing cap and around the
carrier body. The seal housing (the ring on the end of the tubing) will
end up oriented with the tube coming up just to the right of the locking
tab on top of the bearing cap. |
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  While
forming the correct bends in the tubing, you can allow the seal housing to
rotate counter-clockwise a little to make room to make the final bend
where it will go into the bulkhead body that we just installed. Now we fit
the tube for trimming. |
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  ARB
has provided a tube that is more than long enough to take care of this
application. So we have to trim it after putting everything back into
place. A permanent marker will allow you to mark where you will have to
cut it. We suggest using a tubing cutter to make this cut, as most
anything else will deform the tube which could lead to air leaks later
on. |
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