I am working on the restoration of my 1960 BT7 and started on the rear axle yesterday. The rear axle has three main problems - a leaking seal on the left side, a leak on the carrier:housing gasket and a pinion seal leak.
Anyway, I removed the carrier and found that the inside of the differential is painted. I have never seen this before on a differential. For the most part, the paint appears solid, but was peeling in a few spots. I cleaned up the loose spots of paint, but I wonder what others have done with confronting this issue.
The rear axle has a lot of areas that appear difficult to clean. It seems to me that stripping off all the paint has a potential to deposit more contaminants in the differential than just cleaning up the loose spots and letting it be.
Interested in your opinion/experiences.
Thanks...Joe
Anyway, I removed the carrier and found that the inside of the differential is painted. I have never seen this before on a differential. For the most part, the paint appears solid, but was peeling in a few spots. I cleaned up the loose spots of paint, but I wonder what others have done with confronting this issue.
The rear axle has a lot of areas that appear difficult to clean. It seems to me that stripping off all the paint has a potential to deposit more contaminants in the differential than just cleaning up the loose spots and letting it be.
Interested in your opinion/experiences.
Thanks...Joe