[Spridgets] Axle seal failure / wheel cylinder failure

Rick Fisk refisk at chartermi.net
Sun Sep 23 17:48:24 MDT 2018


If you just want to replace the o-ring and gasket under the axle flange you do not have to remove the hub.  If you want to replace the seal that rides on the axle housing then yes, you have to pull the hub.


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> On Sep 23, 2018, at 6:58 PM, Ron Soave via Spridgets <spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
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> 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;
>>> 
>>> 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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