rear axle leak

[Brian Warmuth <warmuthb@vms.wlsc.wvnet.edu>]

Larry:

Actually there are three things that keep the oil in the rear case (in
your case!) they are the rear hub oil seal (a rubber and metal seal
inside the rear hub), and the paper gasket and O-ring on the axle shaft
itself.

The only way to get to the rear hub oil seal is to pull the hub and
replace the seal.  These are long lived but do harden and leak given
enough time.

Brian Warmuth
52 TD (RHD)
59 MGA
60 Farina Magnette
58 ZB Magnette