[Spridgets] Axle seal failure / wheel cylinder failure
Ron Soave
soavero at yahoo.com
Sun Sep 23 12:01:19 MDT 2018
Yes! You can forget the gasket and use a very small layer of Dow 732 schmutz. We use 732 on some stuff at work in very hostile environment space junk and it’s my fav stuff now.
Ron Soave
> On Sep 23, 2018, at 10:11 AM, Lester via Spridgets <spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
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> So, a search of the 10,807 messages I still keep on my machine (Yes, really.) indicated that I asked the same questions in 2009.
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> In 9 years has anything changed? Are there new seals that are the bees knees? I don’t think that I need new bearings as the miles are low enough.
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> Just to be sure I need to:
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> Undo the retaining screw
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> Lever the axle out and free of the hub
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> Undo lock washer
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> Undo hub nut
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> Jury rig a device to pull hub
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> Pull out seal
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> Install new seal
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> Reinstall hub, lock washer,nut (Any tips welcome, all the video shows work with rear end removed from car.)
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> Install new “O” ring
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> Install new paper gasket
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> Install axle
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> Congratulate myself on a job well done?
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