Rear Hub Seal F60S LAAT

[Mark Towers]

Dear friends,

Can anyone kindly tell me where I can purchase 2 x Front and Rear hub seals for my 1944 Ford F60S LAAT.

I have currently removed one hub seal to check my bearings and repack with grease and they both need replacing.

Lorry has been up on axel stands for several years whilst sorting break compents out - slowly going through her.

Any help will be very much appreciated.

Kind regards

Mark

[Tony Smith]

Rear seals are not specific to the F60S LAAT, and were used on a wide range of Ford rear axles (including modern production vehicles!)

Do a Google search for "BB175C", and you will find lots of re-sellers.

[Lynn Eades]

Tony means BB-1175-C.

The 4 digit number (1175) in the middle is a base number and if you get the prefix or suffix wrong, you get a different hub seal for some other type of Ford. These seals have a tin extension that drops any leaked oil into a tin shield, which lets that oil run to the back of your brake backing plate, through a hole. It only works as a tell tale if the hole is clear. The bearings are supposed to be grease packed, so that an oil leak means oil has travelled through the outer and inner hub seals from the diff. There is normally an outer seal that stops the diff oil and grease mixing.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Hello Mark,

Please see the thread Modern part numbers for CMPs. Best to start at the last page for the latest updates and/or use the "Search this Thread:" feature.

[rob love]

Originally Posted by Lynn Eades

Tony means BB-1175-C.

There is normally an outer seal that stops the diff oil and grease mixing.

On a chev truck...yes. But on a Ford there are inner axle seals that are to prevent the oil from travelling to the bearings. You have to split the banjo to get to them.



The chev ones are used on the universal carriers, and can be fitted to the trucks. They are somewhat hard to find. There is a guy on ebay in Australia that sells them for a very reasonable $5 each.

[Jacques Reed]

Hi Mark,

A Google search came up with a Timken number from another Ford forum and the attached link which may help.

I haven't got one handy to check measurements but photo of it looks the same as the BB 1175. Timken numbers are often used as the industry standard.

https://www.motionindustries.com/products/sku/01295087

Cheers,

[rob love]

I always had it as a National 5751, but there has been so much takeover in the seals and bearings manufacturers in the past while, I can't keep up with it anymore.



Here is a link to the outer wheel seals for those who use them.
https://www.ebay.ca/itm/284800333547...IAAOSwLU9hT~X-