Rear hub to bearing oil seal

[mdw]

Both of my rear hubs are quite corroded where the bearing oil seal seats on the hub face. Do I need to replace the hubs or have I any other options.

Edited May 24, 2012 by mdw

[dodge1979]

I can see you had to cut the inner race of the bearing of the hub too well you could try having them minimally machined to take out the worse, or carfully file them by hand. But as you say the alternative is new hubs...however I would say that in that case new bearings are cheaper, so if it does wear through the seal in any way it would be cheaper to replace the bearing than the hub although I wouldnt expect it to go quickly, Id say you would get a fair amount of miles out of the bearings before they wear..

So really, I wouldnt worry too much...

[mdw]

I can see you had to cut the inner race of the bearing of the hub too

Guilty as charged .......... will see if I can clean them up a bit.