[TR] TR A type OD sealing

[Tony Drews]

I put either Hylomar or my normal permatex form a gasket on that area thinly.

For the adapter plate, make absolutely sure you don't have the safety 
wire holding anything apart upon assembly.  The routing of that is picky.

Tony

At 01:19 PM 1/10/2014, Allen Hess wrote:
>While I have the engine out for a rebuild, I am going to install a new
>OD adapter plate to hopefully fix an oil leak at that spot. I was also
>going to split the OD case and seal the case and brake ring until I
>read the Bentley manual which said no sealant on the brake ring. But I
>wonder if there is a "catch" in the instructions. The note about no
>sealant precedes the instructions for determining sun wheel end float
>and that makes sense because you don't want to include the sealant
>thickness in the measurements. After determining the end float and
>installing the correct thickness thrust washer, the instructions go on
>with the further assembly of the front and rear case with no further
>mention of sealant or no sealant.
>
>That said, I don't remember if there was much or any leakage from the
>brake ring as the adapter plate leak sufficiently oiled the underside.
>The Larry Young-Sam Clark "manual" says to use Hylomar and that is
>probably what I did several years ago when I built it. Any thoughts?
>
>Allen
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