Dick
Thanks for your suggestion.
This is the sort of repair that we have all done to keep our cars going.
I guess I'd like a permanent fix although along the same lines I
remember many, many yeas ago highway driving approaching an intersection
at some speed going for the brake only to find that the brake pedal had
fallen off.
Stopped with engine compression and the handbrake to find that the pedal
shaft had worked its way loose and the pedal had come adrift.
A bit of fencing wire snaffled from the side of the road and wired that
baby back on. Stayed like that for about 10 years until the next
re-build.
Sometimes a temporary repair becomes somewhat permanent.
Paul
>Paul...
>
>As an old TC driver I solved the problem this way. I degreased and
>cleaned the axle and hub assembly. Then I worked silicone sealant into
>the axle splines from the outside of the hub and left plenty of sealant
>all around the axle and a joining hub surface.
>
>Then, since we all know the DC is a lady, I stuffed sanitary napkins
>inside the hub to absorb any fluid that escaped into the hub.
>
>Dick 8>)
>Vintage Parts & Products
>Camarillo, CA
>Have MG will travel
>
>
>On Wed, 29 Jan 1997 21:36:50 +1100 (EST) homestay@infolearn.com.au (Syl's
>Sydney Homestay) writes:
>>I have a persistent rear hub oil leak which I tackled again tonight.
>>
>>I reckon diff oil is leaking past the oil seal, working its way
>>through the
>>axle splines where it force fits into the rear hub. Tell tale signs
>>being
>>oil slung to the outer wheel rim after running down the wheel spokes.
>>Not a
>>lot but persistent despite replacing the rear oil seal and rear hub
>>gasket
>>more than once in an attempt to fix it.
>>
>>I've seen some axles brazed to the hub - maybe to take up slack and
>>maybe
>>to help solve this problem.
>>
>>What I have in mind and seek comment from fellow listers seems almost
>>too
>>simple a fix:
>>
>>At great risk to my person I took from our kitchen sink the sink plug
>>- 50
>>mm (2") diameter - exactly the right size to force fit into the inside
>>of
>>the wheel hub. Once in place it can't go anywhere being held in by the
>>wheel spinner. I don't reckon any oil will get past that baby. What do
>>you
>>reckon?
>>
>>Apart from getting into real trouble for pinching the plug can you see
>>any
>>problems?
>>
>>Paul
>>
>>
>>
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