[Healeys] Rear axle seal

[Bob Spidell]

David,


Just did this on both my rear hubs.  You have to:

1) extract the axle
2) pull the hub (can be done with large, three-legged puller and a hammer head in the axle hole)
3) press out bearing and remove seal
4) press in new seal and bearing
5) re-install hub.  This is the tricky part; theoretically, you need an axle press (who has one of those???).  I used dry ice to cool the axle and I carefully warmed the hub in an oven.  Then, I tapped the hubs home with a steel tube as drift.  Not an ideal solution, but best I could do.


bs

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Bob Spidell         San Jose, CA        bspidell at comcast.net
'67 Austin-Healey 3000             '56 Austin-Healey 100M
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 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "David Z" <davzu29 at cox.net>
> I've just noticed what appears to be a fluid leak coming from the right rear
> shaft on my BJ8. I haven't had to add any brake fluid, so I'm unsure if it's
> brake fluid or oil. If it's brake fluid, I'd expect a wheel cylinder rebuild
> would be in order, which wouldn't be big a deal, but but what if it's an oil
> seal? Is that a big deal to replace? TIA
> 
> David Z.
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