At Hardy Prentice's suggestion, we have made floating baffles that look like
large washers made out of sheet Teflon that is 1/8 inch thick. The baffles
fit just outboard of the ring gear carrier bearings. When the oil begins to
"slosh" out of the center part of the axle casing, it pushes the oil up
against the end of the axle tube where it fits inside of the center section
casting. The baffle has a hole in the center just large enough for the axle
shaft to fit through. It prevents the oil from running out of the center
section of the differential and flooding the axle seals. This
modification completely put an end to both my axle seal leaks and the loss
of ring and pinions due to overheating caused by oil starvation, which
invariably happens when all of the oil goes out to one end of the axle
tube.
Regards,
Greg Solow
----- Original Message -----
From: RIVERSIDE SPORTS CARS <RIVERSIDE@Cedar-Rapids.net>
To: fot <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, June 19, 2000 11:17 AM
Subject: uncle Jack's disease
> My old TR3 racer used to hose its rear brakes down in about
> 10 hard laps ar MAR. Never did try very hard to fix it, but anticipating
> the
> same problem ( if I can persuade myself to go fast at my age) with my
> 4A, would appreciate any suggestions for minimizing the problem.
> art d
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