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

[Richard Kahn]

Ten plus years ago Dave Russel told me to cut the paper form a grocery bag in the shape of the old gasket. Just a little smear of sealant on both sides and it has not leaked in all those years.

Rich Kahn


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From: Healeys <healeys-bounces at autox.team.net> on behalf of Alan Seigrist <healey.nut at gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2016 12:08 AM
To: philip fish
Cc: healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Leaking rear axle hub (BT7) following recent installation of new seal!

Phil -

The hub seal works best when you use the original style thin paper gasket.  Often shops stick in thicker gaskets or put a bunch of silicone sealant on it not understanding that the hub gasket itself is designed to seal only if the five nuts holding the spline on the hub are properly torqued with a thin gasket on the hub.  If the nuts start backing off, then you will get a leak, it's meant to tell you to tighten the nuts up again.

thin gasket - proper torque - you won't have leaks.

Best,

Alan

On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 5:55 AM, philip fish <philipfish at waitrose.com<mailto: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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