Well shit.
There was a smear of crud around the outside of the hub, smell of diff fluid.
So what does it take to replace the axle seal?
Lester
> On Sep 22, 2018, at 7:22 PM, Rick Fisk via Spridgets
> <spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:
>
> Has the fluid level in the brake master gone down? With regular brake fluid
> I can tell by the feel that it's brake fluid. When I get it on my finger and
> rub my finger and thumb together it has a "squeaky" feel. Don't know if that
> works with silicone as I've never used the stuff.
>
> Sent from my keyboard
>
>> On Sep 22, 2018, at 7:30 PM, Lester Ewing via Spridgets
>> <spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Good Afternoon all,
>>
>> So there I was cleaning all the gunk off the drum and springs and it hit me,
>> is the fluid I am cleaning off brake fluid (Silicone) or is it diff oil?
>> Itâ??s rained a bunch here so I canâ??t smell anything on the ground.
>> Externally, the signs would be the same right: Fluid trail down tire, gunk
>> all inside of drum and all over shoes. I didnâ??t get that sulphur smell
>> but I may have put synthetic oil in the diff a decade ago or so when I
>> cleaned things up. I do not recall changing the seals .
>>
>> Last data point, the car has been sitting for about 2 years while I try to
>> make it â??betterâ??.
>>
>> All thoughts and input accepted.
>>
>> Lester
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