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Re: [Spridgets] Axle seal failure / wheel cylinder failure

To: Lester Ewing <lesterewing@mac.com>
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Axle seal failure / wheel cylinder failure
From: Rick Fisk via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2018 20:22:20 -0400
Cc: Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>, bugeye@yahoogroups.com
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References: <942CB95E-A5D6-41FC-9D27-9F5368787FF0@mac.com>
Has the fluid level in the brake master gone down?  With regular brake fluid I 
can tell by the feel that it's brake fluid.  When I get it on my finger and rub 
my finger and thumb together it has a "squeaky" feel.  Don't know if that works 
with silicone as I've never  used the stuff.

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> On Sep 22, 2018, at 7:30 PM, Lester Ewing via Spridgets 
> <spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> 
> Good Afternoon all,
> 
> So there I was cleaning all the gunk off the drum and springs and it hit me, 
> is the fluid I am cleaning off brake fluid (Silicone) or is it diff oil?  
> Itâ??s rained a bunch here so I canâ??t smell anything on the ground.  
> Externally, the signs would be the same right:  Fluid trail down tire, gunk 
> all inside of drum and all over shoes.  I didnâ??t get that sulphur smell but 
> I may have put synthetic oil in the diff a decade ago or so when I cleaned 
> things up.  I do not recall changing the seals .
> 
> Last data point, the car has been sitting for about 2 years while I try to 
> make it â??betterâ??.
> 
> All thoughts and input accepted.
> 
> Lester
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