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Re: [Spridgets] Axle seal failure / wheel cylinder failure

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Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Axle seal failure / wheel cylinder failure
From: Lester via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2018 09:04:03 -0500
Cc: Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
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Well shit.

There was a smear of crud around the outside of the hub, smell of diff fluid.  
So what does it take to replace the axle seal?

Lester


> On Sep 22, 2018, at 7:22 PM, Rick Fisk via Spridgets 
> <spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> Has the fluid level in the brake master gone down?  With regular brake fluid 
> I can tell by the feel that it's brake fluid.  When I get it on my finger and 
> rub my finger and thumb together it has a "squeaky" feel.  Don't know if that 
> works with silicone as I've never  used the stuff.
> 
> Sent from my keyboard
> 
>> On Sep 22, 2018, at 7:30 PM, Lester Ewing via Spridgets 
>> <spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Good Afternoon all,
>> 
>> So there I was cleaning all the gunk off the drum and springs and it hit me, 
>> is the fluid I am cleaning off brake fluid (Silicone) or is it diff oil?  
>> Itâ??s rained a bunch here so I canâ??t smell anything on the ground.  
>> Externally, the signs would be the same right:  Fluid trail down tire, gunk 
>> all inside of drum and all over shoes.  I didnâ??t get that sulphur smell 
>> but I may have put synthetic oil in the diff a decade ago or so when I 
>> cleaned things up.  I do not recall changing the seals .
>> 
>> Last data point, the car has been sitting for about 2 years while I try to 
>> make it â??betterâ??.
>> 
>> All thoughts and input accepted.
>> 
>> Lester
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