----- Original Message -----
From: Roger Garnett <rwg1@cornell.edu>
To: Wm. Severin Thompson <wsthompson@thicko.com>
Cc: Thick Heads <team-thicko@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, August 28, 1999 3:39 PM
Subject: Re: Thicko's AuGrattan
> On 23 Aug 99, at 12:17, Wm. Severin Thompson wrote:
>
> >
> > The diff gave up the ghost in the last race of the weekend... funny how
> > they stop leaking when they're out of oil. I got the best start of my
> > racing life, and was running with the big dogs for a while... We're
going
> > to try to get a Speedi-Sleeve that rides on the axle stub...under the
> > seal, but further inboard than the bearing.
>
> Had lots of similar problems with mine for a while. My current stuup uses:
> -Inner bearing XLJ1 3/4 RHP
> -outer bearing 5RF 6207-2RS1
> -Inner oil seal National 473448 1.750x2.996x0.375 (double lip) or CR-17695
> (single lip)
>
> The double lip seals helped a lot, while the speedy sleeve finished the
job.
> Things stay much dryer these days.
>
>
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