[Spridgets] Axle seal failure / wheel cylinder failure
Ron Soave
soavero at yahoo.com
Sun Sep 23 16:58:18 MDT 2018
No hub removal. Should take all of 25 minutes to do.
Ron Soave
> On Sep 23, 2018, at 3:44 PM, Lester via Spridgets <spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
>
> 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:
>>
>> 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
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Sun, Sep 23, 2018 at 10:04 AM, Lester via Spridgets <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
>>>
>>>
>>> > On Sep 22, 2018, at 7:22 PM, Rick Fisk via Spridgets <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
>>> >
>>> >> On Sep 22, 2018, at 7:30 PM, Lester Ewing via Spridgets <spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> 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”.
>>> >>
>>> >> All thoughts and input accepted.
>>> >>
>>> >> Lester
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