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</head><body><p style="font-size:12pt;font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;color:#333333;" class="default-style">All right, I give up. No way to escape this with the dignity of anonymity.<br></p><p style="font-size:12pt;font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;color:#333333;" class="default-style"><br></p><p style="font-size:12pt;font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;color:#333333;" class="default-style">Rear axle seals that fit in the housing come as I guess neoprene. One side is flat with a metal facing and a bit of lip, and the other side is concave where the neoprene is compressed with a circular spring.<br></p><p style="font-size:12pt;font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;color:#333333;" class="default-style"><br></p><p style="font-size:12pt;font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;color:#333333;" class="default-style">Which side is supposed to face toward the outside of the car? The side where you can see the spring, or the side with the metal facing?<br></p><p style="font-size:12pt;font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;color:#333333;" class="default-style"><br></p><p style="font-size:12pt;font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;color:#333333;" class="default-style">I can't find a picture or description anywhere, other than the obscure "The lips of the oil seal should be facing inward."<br></p><p style="font-size:12pt;font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;color:#333333;" class="default-style"><br></p><p style="font-size:12pt;font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;color:#333333;" class="default-style">Ugh!<br></p><p style="font-size:12pt;font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;color:#333333;" class="default-style"><br></p><p style="font-size:12pt;font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;color:#333333;" class="default-style">Terry Smith, '59 TR3A<br></p><p style="font-size:12pt;font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;color:#333333;" class="default-style"><br></p></body></html>