[Spridgets] Axle seal failure / wheel cylinder failure

[Lester]

Well shit.

There was a smear of crud around the outside of the hub, smell of diff fluid.  So what does it take to replace the axle seal?

Lester


> On Sep 22, 2018, at 7:22 PM, Rick Fisk via Spridgets <spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
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> Has the fluid level in the brake master gone down?  With regular brake fluid I can tell by the feel that it's brake fluid.  When I get it on my finger and rub my finger and thumb together it has a "squeaky" feel.  Don't know if that works with silicone as I've never  used the stuff.
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> Sent from my keyboard
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>> On Sep 22, 2018, at 7:30 PM, Lester Ewing via Spridgets <spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
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>> Good Afternoon all,
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>> So there I was cleaning all the gunk off the drum and springs and it hit me, is the fluid I am cleaning off brake fluid (Silicone) or is it diff oil?  It’s rained a bunch here so I can’t smell anything on the ground.  Externally, the signs would be the same right:  Fluid trail down tire, gunk all inside of drum and all over shoes.  I didn’t get that sulphur smell but I may have put synthetic oil in the diff a decade ago or so when I cleaned things up.  I do not recall changing the seals .
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>> Last data point, the car has been sitting for about 2 years while I try to make it “better”.
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>> All thoughts and input accepted.
>> 
>> Lester
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