SteveHall64Healey
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My major winter project this year was removing and restoring everything from the drive shaft back to the brake drums. This included removal of rear axle, brakes, suspension, shocks, etc.
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Re-assembly went smoothly, including setting the wheel bearing clearance to within spec. New gaskets and o-rings were used throughout. When complete, I over-filled the differential by about 500 ml, allowing the excess to drain away through the upper-most port in the diff.
A few weeks later, I noticed a very small amount of oily liquid running down the backplate. See picture attached. Total volume maybe 5 ml. Pulling the drum revealed a completely dry and clean wheel hub and brake assembly - no oil at all. If this means that the hub is not leaking into the brake area, could the small amount of oil be from initially over-filling the differential? I checked the fluid level in the differential and it is still fully topped up.
thanks
steve
Re-assembly went smoothly, including setting the wheel bearing clearance to within spec. New gaskets and o-rings were used throughout. When complete, I over-filled the differential by about 500 ml, allowing the excess to drain away through the upper-most port in the diff.
A few weeks later, I noticed a very small amount of oily liquid running down the backplate. See picture attached. Total volume maybe 5 ml. Pulling the drum revealed a completely dry and clean wheel hub and brake assembly - no oil at all. If this means that the hub is not leaking into the brake area, could the small amount of oil be from initially over-filling the differential? I checked the fluid level in the differential and it is still fully topped up.
thanks
steve