[Healeys] New nuts to check

Bob Spidell bspidell at comcast.net
Sat May 14 16:30:06 MDT 2016


One of the reasons I've gotten into the habit of putting blue (usually) 
threadlocker on just about all threaded fasteners. Think/hope I did it 
last time I had the diff apart.

Anyway, thanks for the heads-up.

Bob

On 5/14/2016 2:43 PM, i erbs wrote:
>
> My diff started leaking about a month ago. I put 2/3 qrt in to refill 
> it. Checked both drain and fill nuts and they were tight. Seal where 
> drive shafts goes in was dry. Just checked the nuts that hold the 
> front plate and they were all lose. Cleaned and tightened them. Should 
> solve the problem. So once every 50 years, check those nuts to be sure 
> they are tight. Raining today, supposed to be dry tomorrow.  Will 
> drive it to check on my success.
> Happy driving season to us all.
> Don't know who is heading to Penticton, BC for Rendezvous,  but hope 
> to see you there.
> Cheers
>
> Mr. Ira Erbs
> Portland,OR
> 1959 Austin Healey 100-6
> please forgive odd words and auto corrects as   my phone cannot 
> understand my misspellings
>
>



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