[Healeys] Rear axle gasket question

[Alan Seigrist]

My personal opinion on all of this is to NEVER install these particular
paper gaskets with hylomar or any other type of gasket sealant.  When the
axle is properly bolted up with the proper paper gasket and o-ring, these
will not leak at all, ever.

If it starts leaking, that means your lug nuts are loose, and you need to
tighten them up.  If you seal these gaskets up too well, you will not get
any notice of loose lug nuts... until your splines and axle bolts are worn
out.

Oil leaking from the hub is a cheap early warning indicator of bigger
problems.





On Sun, Jan 25, 2015 at 12:42 PM, Steve Gerow <steveg at abrazosdata.com>
wrote:

> Am replacing the paper gasket and o-ring on one of my axles. Did I read
> here the gasket should be soaked in water in order to make it more pliable?
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> I’ve always installed these with hylomar and never had any leakage
> problems from the gasket or o-ring, but the gaskets do tend to tear.
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> Would appreciate any informed comments.
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