Tracy,
Do BT7s have an o-ring? If so, are you installing it (correctly)?
bs
BJ8Healeys wrote:
> Tracy, generally on an oil seal the open, or "lip" side with the spring
> faces the oil you are trying to keep in.
>
> Steve Byers
> HBJ8L/36666
> BJ8 Registry
> Havelock, NC USA
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-healeys@Autox.Team.Net
> [mailto:owner-healeys@Autox.Team.Net]On Behalf Of Tracy Drummond
> Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 5:55 AM
> To: 'bluechip'; 'Healey List'
> Subject: RE: Rear seals won't seal BT7
>
>
> OK. The breather was not clogged. In looking closely at the factory manual
> it seems that the oil seal should go in flat side first so the spring (open
> end) faces outward. Now this looks like it would be tough to drift in but
> the manual calls for a special tool (of course) that fits closly to the
> outside rim of the seal.
>
> Can someone verify that the oil seals go in flat side first? Perhaps I have
> been drifting them in backwards?
>
> Here is an attempt to describe visually what I am trying to verify.
>
> I have been doing it this way
> Hub
> _|
> | ] seal (flat side out)
> |
>
> |
> |_ ] < -- drifting in this way
> |
>
> Picture in manual shows this way (it looks)
> Hub
> _|
> | [ seal (flat side in)
> |
>
> |
> |_ [ < -- drifting in this way
> |
>
> So in the second diagram it seems I would need to drift in the seal appling
> pressure on only the outermoast little metal part of the seal.
>
> Aint this fun !
>
> Tracy Drummond Gang Warily !
> President AHCUSA www.healey.org
> VP/Events Director GGAHC www.goldengatehealeys.com
>
>
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