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    l3130 front pivot seal-I'm stuck!

    Success! The shaft was not coming off without a fight. Cleaned up the end and used a pipe and sledge hammer and no go. Finally put it on 12 ton shop press and had to really apply a lot of pressure but it finally popped off. From what I've learned some shafts will basically fall off once the...
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    l3130 front pivot seal-I'm stuck!

    I am positive the snap ring is off. I didn't clean out the groove and I need to clean up the edge to get rid of the mushroom effect. I certainly hope the left side goes smoother...I have made all the mistakes on the right! Thanks for all of the advice!
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    l3130 front pivot seal-I'm stuck!

    Thanks for all the input. Hopefully I didn't damage the bearing in the process. Anyway to assess damage visually or is a replacement a good idea since it will be apart.
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    l3130 front pivot seal-I'm stuck!

    Yep...that was me. Beat the crud out of it just like the tech at Kubota told me...maybe he said gently tap it with an oversized socket. So it didn't come out easily initially and I'm guessing I need to file off the lip I created and then it should slip off?? I need to do the left side also...
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    l3130 front pivot seal-I'm stuck!

    This is what I have removed all the way to 070..no retaining ring after that. I'm stumped. http://www.orangetractortalks.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=20883&d=1456866256[/IMG] Thanks-
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    l3130 front pivot seal-I'm stuck!

    Took off the front hub assembly to replace leaking pivot seal. Cannot get the seal off shaft. Any suggestions. Have removed all snap rings etc..last two things take off are bearing and seal. Tried hammering out by putting an oversized socket around bearing and whacking it but no go. Got it about...