Nick of Norcal.
Your are right about the salutation. I have thought about it, but havnt
come up with a solution.
I tried two single lip seals in the past (didnt work) which leads me to
the Drews theory. When I changed from the two single lip seals to the
OEM seal, I also changed the HUBS & the outer seals.
We think there is a possibility that under extreme heat from braking,
the grease liquefies and finds its way to the drums if the outer seals
and their contact surfaces are not to spec.
I forgot to mention this in the earlier posting...(thanks Jack)
Appreciate your comments.....
Joe
I DO have tandem seals on the differential input shaft of the TR3
because I could find just the single lip seal at Bearing Service. works
fine.
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>From: Malaboge@aol.com
>Sent: Sunday, April 27, 1997 3:32 PM
>To: fot@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: TR-3 Stuff
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>FOTer's-
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>Gad, there's gotta be a better salutation than that...
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>I run two thinner seals on the back axle in place of the one stock one. My
>theory is that, not only are two better than one, the new seals do not
>contact the axle in the same spot as the old seal (in case there's any wear
>at that point). Unfortunately, when I dug up my records book with all my part
>numbers, the part no seems to consist of Chicago Rawhide # big fat greasy
>thumb print ! But I do know that they exist as a a CR part and that they are
>the same size id and od, but about 1/2 the thickness of the original. (There
>are also two seals which will work on the trans input shaft as well ).
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>Also did a similar oil dam on the axle tubes, but made a "sandwich" affair of
>it with a piece of teflon around the axle itself. This way you can run it
>much tighter, and if it touches...so what.
>
>Finally, I recall the the early rocker stands were of iron instead of
>aluminum and ran a slightly greater clearance on the exhaust (.013" as I
>recall). I have replaced early ones(as a set only) with the later type as I
>could see no difference, and never had a problem.
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>Am I really that olde...
> Nick in Nor cal
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