<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">And so it begins…<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Remove the retaining screw, it has blue RTV on it. I don’t use blue RTV. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Remove axle, NO seal. NO “O” ring. No “O” ring groove.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Now heading out to shop to get large socket to undo the hub retaining nut. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thoughts at this time lead to the fact that I have never replaced this side seal or bearing. And that I now have 2 “O” rings that are not worth returning. And that this thing has not leaked significantly with no seal of any kind in place OR all of the diff oil leaked out early on and I am lucky that I didn’t drive cross country with it like this .</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Lester</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Sep 24, 2018, at 9:08 AM, Allen Hefner <<a href="mailto:lbc77mg@gmail.com" class="">lbc77mg@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">And Bob's your uncle. (I love saying that!)<div class=""><br clear="all" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div class="">Allen Hefner</div><div class="">Norristown, PA</div><div class="">Sun City Center. FL</div><div class=""> </div><div class=""><em class="">Current:</em></div><div class="">2016 Subaru outback somewhere</div><div class="">2006 Chebbie</div><div class=""><em class="">Former:</em></div><div class="">1963 Sunbeam Alpine Series III</div><div class="">1967 Triumph TR4A IRS</div><div class="">1964 VW Type I</div><div class="">1967 VW Type II</div><div class="">1967 Rover 2000TC</div><div class="">1977 MG Midget (Sniff!)</div></div></div></div></div><br class=""></div></div><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><div class="gmail_quote" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div dir="ltr" class="">On Sun, Sep 23, 2018 at 12:48 PM Lester via Spridgets <<a href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net" class="">spridgets@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;">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. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><br class="">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.<br class=""><br class="">Just to be sure I need to:<br class=""><br class="">Undo the retaining screw<br class=""><br class="">Lever the axle out and free of the hub<br class=""><br class="">Undo lock washer<br class=""><br class="">Undo hub nut<br class=""><br class="">Jury rig a device to pull hub<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><br class="">Pull out seal<br class=""><br class="">Install new seal<br class=""><br class="">Reinstall hub, lock washer,nut (Any tips welcome, all the video shows work with rear end removed from car.)<br class=""><br class="">Install new “O” ring<br class=""><br class="">Install new paper gasket<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><br class="">Install axle<br class=""><br class="">Congratulate myself on a job well done?<br class=""><br class="">------------------------<br class=""><br class=""><a href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net" target="_blank" class="">spridgets@autox.team.net</a><br class=""><br class="">Donate:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br class="">Suggested annual donation: $12.75<br class=""><br class="">Archive:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/spridgets" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">http://www.team.net/pipermail/spridgets</a><br class=""><br class="">Unsubscribe/Manage:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/lbc77mg@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/lbc77mg@gmail.com</a></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>