Barry,
The seal you refer to is leather on my car. However, I have
both the screw-on seal and the rubber bellows, I found it like
that when I was doing u-joints and left it that way. I couldn't
find a replacement but I didn't look too hard.
At 10:44 AM 8/26/98 -0700, Barry Schwartz wrote:
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>I am looking for the axle shaft seal that was apparently used on some
>models of either the TR4A or 6 (possibly other makes as well). This is the
>seal between the sliding spline section of the rear axle half shafts, and
>actually screws onto the female half shaft. This is NOT the rubber
>bellows, most commonly associated with these axle half shafts, but an
>actual neoprene lip, or oiled leather type seal, with a metal housing that
>screws onto the female side with a VERY fine thread. This seal is what I
>need. I know that they were used and manufactured at some time as I have
>one complete (nos) new assembly purchased at the MOSS festival (VERY good
>price), and one used female end with just the threads (no seal). Does
>anybody know where I can get on of these seals or have one lying about that
>they would part with? I would even be willing to buy the axle half shaft
>WITH the seal, if that was the only way one would sell it-I can't just use
>the bellows-in this application I don't have room.
>
>Barry Schwartz (San Diego) bschwart@pacbell.net
>72 V6 Spitfire (daily driver)
>70 GT6+ (when I don't drive the Spit)
>70 Spitfire
>
>
Cliff Hansen
chansen@exis.net
1966 TR-4A CTC 64615L
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