[Spridgets] Axle seal failure / wheel cylinder failure

[Lester]

Ok, last question, is this possible and practical WITHOUT removing the hub?

Lester

thanks for all the help so far guys!\\
> On Sep 23, 2018, at 1:39 PM, Kevin Valentine <kevinv1275 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Lester,
> 
> You will need the seal (gasket) and the rubber o-ring.  It's not difficult to change.
> 
> Parts 24 and 26 on this page;
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> http://www.victoriabritish.com/icatalog/sm/full.aspx?Page=51 <http://www.victoriabritish.com/icatalog/sm/full.aspx?Page=51>
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> Do you have a haynes manual?  
> 
> You will need to pull the axle, but that's easy too ;)
> 
> Jack up the car higher on the side you are working on.  That will keep the diff lube from leaking out when you remove the axle.
> 
> Kevin V.
> Tuscarora, Pa
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> On Sun, Sep 23, 2018 at 10:04 AM, Lester via Spridgets <spridgets at autox.team.net <mailto:spridgets at autox.team.net>> wrote:
> 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
> 
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> > On Sep 22, 2018, at 7:22 PM, Rick Fisk via Spridgets <spridgets at autox.team.net <mailto:spridgets at autox.team.net>> wrote:
> > 
> > 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.
> > 
> > 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 <mailto:spridgets at autox.team.net>> wrote:
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> >> 
> >> Good Afternoon all,
> >> 
> >> 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 .
> >> 
> >> 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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