Did you say someone on this list has their screws loose? Couldn't be.
Ryan
>From: Gerard Chateauvieux <pixelsmith@gerardsgarage.com>
>Reply-To: Gerard Chateauvieux <pixelsmith@gerardsgarage.com>
>To: Steven Fooshee <sfooshee@home.com>, spridgets team
><spridgets@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Re: Diff fluid, et al.
>Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 23:30:42 -0800
>
>Steve,
>
>You'll need to pull the axle to replace the gasket and O-ring. Make sure
>there is an O-ring in there and examine to see if the O-ring is flattened
>or hard. I use Copper Permatex gasket sealer on both sides of the paper
>gasket and have never had a leak afterwards. I've done at least 6 hubs this
>way. Make sure you use a de-greaser on all contact surfaces, and that all
>traces of the previous gasket as well as any burrs are removed before
>re-assembling. Tighten things up, but let the gasket sealer set up before
>you torque everything down. That way you don't squeeze out all the sealer
>out while it's still liquid. I believe this makes for a better seal. Check
>the tube for set-up time.
>
>Even if you're screws came loose, the lug nuts should be holding everything
>together snugly. I'm not sure how the screw for the axle could come loose
>since the drum sits over it.
>
>Gerard
>
>At 12:11 AM -0600 12/15/00, Steven Fooshee wrote:
> > I can't find any of my literature (just moved) and I can't recall
> >if the diff
> >requires other than normal fluid. I've got good ol' 80W-90 Castrol and
> >that was
> >going to have gone in it, had the fill plug not been star-torqued on! Is
> >there a
> >tool that fits this roughly 1/2" square plug?
> > The spooky thing which began this little charade, I found the left
> >rear wheel
> >in a puddle of oil last week. I ventured off to the parts store today and
> >bought
> >an axle seal and took the wheel off. I found the 4 nuts that hold the
>drum on
> >and the screw which holds the axle shaft in to be loose. The seal hadn't
> >failed,
> >the oil was coming out through the hub! I've never pulled the axles out,
>and
> >it's been a year since I replaced the rear wheel cylinders so I can't
>imagine
> >how these got to be loose. I can't see how the seal would hold for a
>year,
> >a two
> >hour drive here, and a week of tooling around here.
> >--
> >~
> >'90 GS-500E: Saki.
> >MCMLXIX Sprite: Gin & Tonic.
> >'87 RX-7 TII: Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster.
> >Steven Fooshee: Suddenly thirsty.
> >~
>
>
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