[Healeys] Leaking rear axle hub (BT7) following recent installation of new seal!

[Alan Bromfield]

Just a wild guess. Did the seal go into the hub the right way round (lip
seal toward the bearing)? To go from a weep to a flood suggests the garage
may not be familiar with the seal direction.

Alan Bromfield


On 13 September 2016 at 22:55, philip fish <philipfish at waitrose.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 6 months ago my local garage replaced the seal on the O/S rear axle which
> was weeping slowly. When I took the wheel and drum off today everywhere was
> covered in oil from a major leak. Previously the garage replaced the oil
> seal, bearing, bearing spacer, hub lock washer and the paper gasket. There
> is no O-ring on this model.
>
> Does anybody have any ideas what might have gone wrong? I assume the seal
> has completely failed. Any helpful advice I can pass onto the garage?
>
> Phil
>
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