[TR] Grease in the rear drum

Geo Hahn ahwahneetr at gmail.com
Sat Jun 6 16:09:21 MDT 2015


Possible but not as likely as gear oil in my opinion.  I think excessive
grease in the hub should get into the axle unless the hub seal has failed.

Did you smell what you found?  You might compare its smell to grease &
whatever you are using in the diff.

Geo

On Sat, Jun 6, 2015 at 10:29 AM, <terryrs at comcast.net> wrote:

> Pulled the rear drum on the TR3 and found grease contaminating it inside.
> At first I thought I had a differential oil leak into the hub, but because
> it's more like grease, is it possible that I've overpumped grease at the
> axle bearing?
>
> Terry Smith, '59 TR3A
> New Hampshire
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