On Wed, 3 May 1995, Will Zehring wrote:
> John Van Valkenburgh asks:
>
> >
> >You did not mention what kind of diff. you have (banjo or tube-type).
>
> Sorry about that. Yes, this comes out of my '63 so it is of the banjo sort.
> Maybe someone someday can also tell me how the heck it got that name, and
> don't tell me because it's shaped like a banjo (unless that is the correct
> answer).
>
> I'm starting to think this is indeed a front seal leak. It seems to have
Well, of *course* it is not because it is shaped like a banjo. It is
called a banjo axle because it *holds oil* about as well as a banjo would.
See also banjo fittings for other hydraulic purposes on british cars,
which also leak about as a banjo would.
The predecessor to the banjo axle was the saxophone axle, which leaked
much worse and didn't sound as good.
Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT
gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu (802) 656-8910
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