Nels,
That's the seal to replace, plus a smear of sealant between 16 and the
axle housing. Leaking out the end is more common, but one fixes the
problem at hand.
Remember to pull up the axle shaft nut (#2) to at least 150 ft/lbs.
A handy hint from Pete Leonardo, TF owner in town: Use a prick punch
or a hacksaw to mark the end of the half shaft for position of the cotter
pin holes. This makes lining up castle nut and the holes much easier.
Bob
On Mon, 10 May 2004 16:50:22 -0400 Nels Anderson <nels@flightsim.com>
writes:
> My 1953 MGTD has recently developed a new leak. There is a seepage of
> differential oil coming out from the end of the axle housing. To
> best describe it, referring to the Moss Motors exploded view of the TD
> Rear Axle, the seepage is coming from between the large axle shaft
> housing and part 16 "housing", or in other words between the two pieces
that
> the four bolt 17's hold together.
>
> I see there is an oil seal (#19 in the diagram) but it seems to be
> installed on the half shaft past the point of leakage, to prevent
> oil from coming out the end of the shaft into the brake drum area. I
> have a new seal and it looks simple enough to replace, but is it going
to
> stop the leakage? Any advice would be appreciated.
>
> --Nels Anderson
> 1953 TD 28177
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