[Healeys] Rear axle gasket question

[Michael Oritt]

 Chris--

Perhaps things are different in Holland what with the dikes and all,
 Luckily I am above sea level and have never experienced any corrosion
either to my crevices or my seals.

I'm gonna go soak some gaskets--Michael Oritt

On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 8:33 AM, Chris Dimmock <austin.healey at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Dampness??
> At the rear axle oil seal?
> Only if you never drive it Kees.
> Ask anyone who has ever given a Healey a hard time, and I can almost
> guarantee that the rear diff to axle  seal isn't the standard rubber one.
> The gasket isn't the issue. The standard seal fails under the heat.
> I use a CR seal. I'll look up the number tomorrow.
> There are brake temps, axle oil temps - more than enough temperature to
> dry out a paper gasket.
> Seriously.
> Chris
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On 26 Jan 2015, at 7:26 pm, Oudesluys <coudesluijs at chello.nl> wrote:
> >
> > Well, there won't be much oil from a leaking engine reaching the outer
> ring of the bearings and the rear axle housing. If there is dampness there,
> corrosion makes dismantling the rear bearing in a future occasion
> unnecessary difficult. This area does not dry out easily.
> > Kees Oudesluijs
> > NL
> >
> > Michael Oritt schreef op 25-1-2015 om 14:04:
> >> I suppose Kees has a point but with the amount of oil spray, etc. that
> trails back from the engine and transmission I doubt that corrosion would
> be a great possibility.
> >
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