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MGA back axle seals

To: vintage-race@autox.team.net
Subject: MGA back axle seals
From: Malcolm Cox <malcox@napanet.net>
Date: Mon, 27 May 1996 17:29:01 -0700
Does anyone have any success controlling oil leaks from MGA back axle 
oil seals (circa 1960).  Seals seem fine, seal surfaces seem fine, but I 
lose oil predominantly from one hub, which could be related to it being 
the outside hub ( EG RHS on a counter-clock circuit)on the only track I 
have raced.  I have seen suggestions that it could be caused by "water 
hammer" effect when big slug of oil thumps down the axle tube when a 
hard LH turn is initiated, momentarily overwhelming the seal. Nice 
theory.  Or perhaps they just leak.

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