I did what Stephen is planning on doing to the axle stubs on my Elva Courier
which has a Morris rear axle (same as Spridget only 4" wider).
I used a non-hardening but filling gasket sealer--Hylomar would probably be
fine though I would not use Locktite.
In order to get a tight seal between the sleeve and the machined surface of
the stub any scratches and gouges should be carefully taken down and the
expanding sleeve will make up for this and at the same time provide a new
smooth surface on which the seal will ride.
The sleeves work fine and I now actually have rear brakes! It's important
to follow the instructions so that removing the inner scored portion of the
seal that forms the bell-shape can easily be done. I destroyed one seal in
learning this--$50.00 down the drain.
Best--Michael Oritt
On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 6:05 PM, john spaur <jmsdarch at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> I believe Hylomar works great under compression between two flat parts but
> I don't think it would make a good filler sealant which is what you might
> need in this application. Just a guess on my part though.
>
> John, BT7
>
> At 02:39 PM 3/22/2011 -0400, you wrote:
>
>> I'm putting a redi-sleeve over the rear axle shaft where the oil seal
>> rides, and the instructions say to use a non-hardening sealant inside the
>> sleeve before sliding it over the shaft. I thought of using Hylomar, but I
>> thought I'd heard somewhere that people used lock-tite in this application.
>> What does the collective wisdom of the list say?
>>
>> Stephen, BJ8
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