with the second linear peripheral portion 36 and the second radial portion 38 of the resilient load ring 20 placed in contact with the seal ring 24 a radial face of an abutting member not shown is axially pushed against the seal face 64 of the seal ring 24 in response the second radial portion 38 of the resilient load ring 20 is urged toward the first radial portion 28 the resilient load ring 20 is adapted to flex in a direction parallel to the central axis 16 which is parallel to a sealed interior 70 of a particular assembly such as a sealed track link roller assembly or final drive not shown referring to fig2 an alternate embodiment of the face seal assembly 10 is shown which is similar to the previously described embodiment in this alternate embodiment similar elements are indicated by the same reference numerals with a prime symbol this embodiment incorporates a face seal assembly 10 u2032 having a central axis 16 u2032 and includes a resilient load ring 20 u2032 a support member 22 u2032 and a seal ring 24 u2032 the resilient load ring 20 u2032 and the seal ring 24 u2032 are functionally and physically similar to the resilient load ring 20 and the seal ring 24 of the previous embodiment the support member 22 u2032 has an annular configuration and can be made from a thin steel or rigid plastic material and attached to the first linear peripheral portion 26 u2032 of resilient load ring 20 u2032 by any conventional means such as adhesively bonding or vulcanizing the support member 22 u2032 of this embodiment is configured for positioning in either a bore 80 of a collar 82 or an outer circumferential.