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Chris--
Perhaps things are different in Holland what with the dikes and all,
Luckily I am above sea level and have never experienced any corrosion
either to my crevices or my seals.
I'm gonna go soak some gaskets--Michael Oritt
On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 8:33 AM, Chris Dimmock <austin.healey@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Dampness??
> At the rear axle oil seal?
> Only if you never drive it Kees.
> Ask anyone who has ever given a Healey a hard time, and I can almost
> guarantee that the rear diff to axle seal isn't the standard rubber one.
> The gasket isn't the issue. The standard seal fails under the heat.
> I use a CR seal. I'll look up the number tomorrow.
> There are brake temps, axle oil temps - more than enough temperature to
> dry out a paper gasket.
> Seriously.
> Chris
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On 26 Jan 2015, at 7:26 pm, Oudesluys <coudesluijs@chello.nl> wrote:
> >
> > Well, there won't be much oil from a leaking engine reaching the outer
> ring of the bearings and the rear axle housing. If there is dampness there,
> corrosion makes dismantling the rear bearing in a future occasion
> unnecessary difficult. This area does not dry out easily.
> > Kees Oudesluijs
> > NL
> >
> > Michael Oritt schreef op 25-1-2015 om 14:04:
> >> I suppose Kees has a point but with the amount of oil spray, etc. that
> trails back from the engine and transmission I doubt that corrosion would
> be a great possibility.
> >
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"color:#3333ff">=C2=
=A0Chris--</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"color:#3333ff"><br></=
div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"color:#3333ff">Perhaps things are=
different in Holland what with the dikes and all, =C2=A0Luckily I am above=
sea level and have never experienced any corrosion either to my crevices o=
r my seals.</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"color:#3333ff"><br><=
/div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"color:#3333ff">I'm gonna go =
soak some gaskets--Michael Oritt</div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br>=
<div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 8:33 AM, Chris Dimmock <=
span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:austin.healey@gmail.com"; target=3D"_=
blank">austin.healey@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=
=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padd=
ing-left:1ex">Dampness??<br>
At the rear axle oil seal?<br>
Only if you never drive it Kees.<br>
Ask anyone who has ever given a Healey a hard time, and I can almost guaran=
tee that the rear diff to axle=C2=A0 seal isn't the standard rubber one=
.<br>
The gasket isn't the issue. The standard seal fails under the heat.<br>
I use a CR seal. I'll look up the number tomorrow.<br>
There are brake temps, axle oil temps - more than enough temperature to dry=
out a paper gasket.<br>
Seriously.<br>
Chris<br>
<br>
<br>
Sent from my iPhone<br>
<div><div class=3D"h5"><br>
> On 26 Jan 2015, at 7:26 pm, Oudesluys <<a href=3D"mailto:coudesluij=
s@chello.nl">coudesluijs@chello.nl</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> Well, there won't be much oil from a leaking engine reaching the o=
uter ring of the bearings and the rear axle housing. If there is dampness t=
here, corrosion makes dismantling the rear bearing in a future occasion unn=
ecessary difficult. This area does not dry out easily.<br>
> Kees Oudesluijs<br>
> NL<br>
><br>
> Michael Oritt schreef op 25-1-2015 om 14:04:<br>
>> I suppose Kees has a point but with the amount of oil spray, etc. =
that trails back from the engine and transmission I doubt that corrosion wo=
uld be a great possibility.<br>
><br>
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