Gene,
I have to agree with you. It seems to me that since the seals are
non-moving, it shouldn't make any difference whether the car is on blocks in
the garage, or on the road daily. (In my previous post I was just
summarizing the responses). Did all your seals split? Just my inner ones
did - the outers look perfect. Also, where are you going to get your new
seals?
Thanks, Dennis
Gene Sanders wrote:
> I totally disagree with the one of the reasons these seals fail is non
> use. (use it or lose it)
> I recently finished my compete front suspension and ready to go to the
> next job on my restoration, when about two weeks later almost all the
> seals broke off and fell to the floor.
> I plan to get new ones and replace them while the body is off and it's
> fairly easy to do.
> These things are hardly more than dust covers and don't move or have any
> part rotate inside. There is no comparison to a lip or O ring seal
> that sometimes causes problems because of non use. They should easily
> take the little stretch to cover the washers/spacers. The ones I
> installed was just a very poor quality synthetic material that I could
> cut into with my fingernail.
>
> Gene
> 60 TR3A
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