[Spridgets] Axle seal failure / wheel cylinder failure

derf derf247 at gmail.com
Sun Sep 23 20:06:22 MDT 2018


I'll have to order some and let the mechs at work try it out.  I like
Hylomar for stuff that gets changed a lot.  We use The Right Stuff for some
applications, good stuff.

On Sun, Sep 23, 2018 at 8:43 PM Ron Soave <soavero at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I prefer it. It remains pliant but is meant for oil, gas, aldehydes, etc.
> can also take high heat. It has a Mil spec, Mil-a-46106 type 1 Group 1.
> Both are in the goop tote but I prefer 732. Bear in mind I change axles
> monthly and am constantly sealing things - lots of data points.
>
> Ron Soave
> [image: image1.jpeg]
> On Sep 23, 2018, at 7:50 PM, derf <derf247 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> How does it compare to Hylomar?
>
>
> On Sun, Sep 23, 2018, 4:26 PM Ron Soave via Spridgets <
> spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
>
>> 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:
>> >
>> > 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.
>> >
>> > 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.
>> >
>> > Just to be sure I need to:
>> >
>> > Undo the retaining screw
>> >
>> > Lever the axle out and free of the hub
>> >
>> > Undo lock washer
>> >
>> > Undo hub nut
>> >
>> > Jury rig a device to pull hub
>> >
>> > Pull out seal
>> >
>> > Install new seal
>> >
>> > Reinstall hub, lock washer,nut  (Any tips welcome, all the video shows
>> work with rear end removed from car.)
>> >
>> > Install new “O” ring
>> >
>> > Install new paper gasket
>> >
>> > Install axle
>> >
>> > Congratulate myself on a job well done?
>> >
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