Abstract: This invention relates to a triple contact shaft seal for use adjacent to a gear box adapted to provide multiple seals about the shaft and a sealing contact with the gear box. The seal includes a circumferential body having an aperture, a radial flange and a seal section having inner and outer lips adapted to contact the shaft and a sealing surface on a face of the flange adapted to contact the gear box, such sealing surface including circumferentially extending ribs in sealing engagement with the box.