Seats the wheel hub oil seal square on Ford Dana and 10-1/2 in. full-floating axles. Same job as Ford service tools 205-422 and 205-153.
A stepped hub seal installer adapter and a detachable 7 in. drive handle for setting the wheel hub oil seal on Ford, Lincoln and Mercury trucks with 1999-and-up Dana axles and 10-1/2 in. full-floating rear axles, single or dual rear wheel. It takes the place of the two Ford factory service tools called for in the shop manual: 205-422 (installer adapter) and 205-153 (handle).
Use it after the hub is off the spindle and the old seal and bearing cups are cleaned up. Pack and drop in the inner bearing, start the new seal into the hub bore by hand with the lip facing the bearing, then set the stepped face of the adapter on the seal case and lock the handle in with its ball detent. Drive it home with a dead-blow or brass hammer until the adapter bottoms on the hub face, which leaves the seal flush and square instead of buried or cocked.
The reason to use the correct driver: a full-floater hub seal tapped in with a punch or an oversized socket usually goes in tipped, distorts the case, or rolls the lip. The result is gear oil wicking out onto the brake shoes or rotor a few hundred miles later, which means pulling the hub again and replacing pads or shoes along with the seal. The adapter contacts the full seal case so the load is even all the way around.
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