Richard,
A few thoughts. Did you grease the lip of the seal before installing? It
takes awhile for the gear oil to get up to the seal, so pre-lubrication is
warranted.
Are you sure that the flange had no groove or other imperfections? As you
know, anything other than a mirror finish will not give a perfect seal. I
just did this job and opted for a Speedi-Sleeve over the old bearing
surface. It was easy to install and cheap when you consider the labor to do
the job twice (or three times).
Finally, I put a light coating of non-hardening sealer around the seal
before pressing it home. Don't know if this area would leak anyway, but I
know it won't now.
A good seal on a good surface shouldn't leak.
Peter
'68 TR250
on 12/28/02 7:20 PM, Richard Seaton at rsh17@msn.com wrote:
> I've replace the pinion seal on my Differential, the second time and it still
> leaks. The first one I had was one of the leather seals. I had Quantum
> Mechanics put this in when he checked some other things. The 1st one leaked so
> John (QM) sent me a rubber seal for the diff. When I replaced this one I
> noticed a small grove and some slight imperfections in the pinion, so I used
> another pinion w/ no grove and a smooth metal surface on the sleeve. Bad thing
> is that it still leaks! It's just a constant drip, which pisses me off. Any
> ideas out there on how to solve the problem. Please don't tell me it's British
> and they all do that!
>
> Thanks!
>
> Richard Seaton
> RSH17@msn.com
> View My restoration @ (http://groups.msn.com/Richards69TR6Restoration)
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