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38 × 52 × 7 oil seal

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A 38 × 52 × 7 oil seal fits a 38 mm shaft in a 52 mm housing bore and is 7 mm wide. Ask for 38×52×7 TC: a rotary shaft seal with two lips and a garter spring.

HOUSINGØ52 H8OILSIDESHAFTØ38 h11AIR77
38 × 52 × 7 TC · rubber outside, metal case, spring-loaded main lip facing the oil, dust lip on the air side.
Shaft Ø38 mm
Housing bore52 mm
Width7 mm
Housing bore, H852.000 to 52.046 mm
Shaft, h1137.840 to 38.000 mm, ground Ra 0.2–0.8 µm
Shaft lead-in15–30° down to Ø35 mm
Housingchamfer 15–30°, bore at least 7.3 mm deep

A common metric size (DIN 3760 / ISO 6194). Tolerances from ISO 286; fitting sizes as Benchsmith's Find → Seal gives them.

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Bench note · why the spring faces the oil

The lip with the garter spring faces the oil or grease you keep in. The second, dust lip faces out. Fitted backwards it leaks from the first turn.

Bench note · why a lead-in on the shaft

Push it on over a chamfer, a sleeve or tape over keyways and threads: a sharp edge rolls or cuts the lip. Press the seal in square with a driver on the outer case, not on the lip.

Same shaft, other housings

Same housing bore, other shafts

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Old seal with no size on it? Measure the shaft, the housing bore and the width, and type them into Benchsmith → Find → Seal.