Well, the leakage, to me, looked and smelled like the differential oil and not
grease separating. (It wasn't leaking into the hub cap at all - just leaking
down the inside of the tire onto the floor, maybe a teaspoonful.)
However, there was quite a lot of grease inside the brake drum, on the back
plate and all over the shoes. Not sure what that means.
I'm thinking the oil got past the axle end oil seal and the grease got out by
someone over-enthusiastic with the grease gun (not me, I didn't even know about
that grease nipple, ha!)
Then again maybe all this happened when I accidentally left the hand brake on
and didn't realize until I smelled the shoes roasting. Doh!
Regards, Adrian TS 58324
-----Original Message-----
>From: Randall <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>
>Sent: Nov 24, 2006 1:00 PM
>To: Adrian Jones <adrianjones747@earthlink.net>, triumphs@autox.team.net
>Subject: RE: [TR] Axle oil seal - good progress - more questions
>
>
>> Many thanks Randall for all that important information.
>
>It occurs to me that part of it was incorrect. There should not be oil
>against the joint formed by the bearing housing, backing plate and axle (the
>one held together by the 6 bolts). That cavity should only have grease in it
>(from the zerk that lubes the wheel bearing). So, if what was leaking was
>definitely gear oil (as opposed to oil that separated from the grease), the
>inner seal is still likely bad.
>
>Randall
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