Quote Originally Posted by Tins View Post
No.
The lip of the seal folded back over maybe 25% of the circumference. The elastic nature of a new seal meant that it held this shape, and thus didn't seal. This is impossible to see with the axle in place, and it may or may not fix itself. It didn't in my case. Like I said I have never had this happen before, although it would be easy to replicate.

BTW, Dave Fare has a neat trick to protect seals on installation, although it wouldn't work here. ( you might know him as Blknight , a guy to listen to ).