[Spridgets] Axle seal failure / wheel cylinder failure

[Ron Soave]

No hub removal. Should take all of 25 minutes to do. 

Ron Soave

> On Sep 23, 2018, at 3:44 PM, Lester via Spridgets <spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> Ok, last question, is this possible and practical WITHOUT removing the hub?
> 
> Lester
> 
> thanks for all the help so far guys!\\
>> On Sep 23, 2018, at 1:39 PM, Kevin Valentine <kevinv1275 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Lester,
>> 
>> You will need the seal (gasket) and the rubber o-ring.  It's not difficult to change.
>> 
>> Parts 24 and 26 on this page;
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>> http://www.victoriabritish.com/icatalog/sm/full.aspx?Page=51
>> 
>> Do you have a haynes manual?  
>> 
>> You will need to pull the axle, but that's easy too ;)
>> 
>> Jack up the car higher on the side you are working on.  That will keep the diff lube from leaking out when you remove the axle.
>> 
>> Kevin V.
>> Tuscarora, Pa
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Sun, Sep 23, 2018 at 10:04 AM, Lester via Spridgets <spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
>>> Well shit.
>>> 
>>> There was a smear of crud around the outside of the hub, smell of diff fluid.  So what does it take to replace the axle seal?
>>> 
>>> Lester
>>> 
>>> 
>>> > On Sep 22, 2018, at 7:22 PM, Rick Fisk via Spridgets <spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
>>> > 
>>> > Has the fluid level in the brake master gone down?  With regular brake fluid I can tell by the feel that it's brake fluid.  When I get it on my finger and rub my finger and thumb together it has a "squeaky" feel.  Don't know if that works with silicone as I've never  used the stuff.
>>> > 
>>> > Sent from my keyboard
>>> > 
>>> >> On Sep 22, 2018, at 7:30 PM, Lester Ewing via Spridgets <spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
>>> >> 
>>> >> 
>>> >> Good Afternoon all,
>>> >> 
>>> >> So there I was cleaning all the gunk off the drum and springs and it hit me, is the fluid I am cleaning off brake fluid (Silicone) or is it diff oil?  It’s rained a bunch here so I can’t smell anything on the ground.  Externally, the signs would be the same right:  Fluid trail down tire, gunk all inside of drum and all over shoes.  I didn’t get that sulphur smell but I may have put synthetic oil in the diff a decade ago or so when I cleaned things up.  I do not recall changing the seals .
>>> >> 
>>> >> Last data point, the car has been sitting for about 2 years while I try to make it “better”.
>>> >> 
>>> >> All thoughts and input accepted.
>>> >> 
>>> >> Lester
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