Stephen,
My Mk I Sprite Workshop Manual cautions that an "emergency" hand made gasget
for the Rear Axle Hub should be "about .010" (.254 mm) thick.
My Haynes, ('58 > '80) however, says re the same job "paper at least .008"
(0.2 mm) thick".
I recently purchased Moss gasgets, and they measure approx. .020" (.508 mm)
thick.
(I find it hard to measure something like these, as they compress a little
when I
squeese the calipers. First reading is something like .021"; squeese real
hard and
it goes down to around 0.19"; so rough average is .020")
Think I will also use some silicone (Hylomar Blue) sealant. It's a real
bummer to
have your axle leak when you have just renewed the brake shoes.
Hope this helps.
Ron in Ireland
'59 Sprite "Oggibip"
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>
> I think I'm going to go this route, though the magazines are in short
>supply
>since the cable modem arrived.... Oops, was that out loud?!? The O-ring is in
>very good shape, but the condition of the paper gasket had me very worried. I
>suppose the DPO or DPPO (or DPPPPPO?) reused the gasket, it looked like rice
>paper.
> I want to thank everyone for their advice and guidance. I'm glad this
seems to
>have awoken the list, it had gotten a bit slow for a while.
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