<VV> Seal (was pinion wear)

[Chuck Kubin]

OOps!   Sorry, read it without catching the "pattern"
part. See what happens when I get to mechanikiin'
before the coffee is ready?

Chuck
"Captain Caffeine"

--- Geoffrey A Johnson <geoffj at unm.edu> wrote:

> Cuck,
> Of course we are replacing every seal!  I meant the
> gears themselves.
> -Geoff
> 
> On Sat, 4 Feb 2006, Chuck Kubin wrote:
> 
> > Hey Geoff,
> > When in doubt, change it out.  Many seals of all
> types
> > are like asbestos, no problem until you disturb
> them.
> > It might be untimely to get a new one, but look at
> > where it is,  what it can do if it fails after you
> > stick it back together, and how far you have to go
> if
> > it does.
> > As long as I was in there, I'd change every seal I
> > could reach--cheap insurance. Yousaid he is a
> > friend--even after the old seal fails?
> >
> >
> > Chuck Kubin
> >
> > --- Geoffrey A Johnson <geoffj at unm.edu> wrote:
> >
> >> I have a differential apart from a friends
> >> powerglide.  It lost one of the
> >> seals that keeps PG fluid out of the differential
> >> from age.  It was caught
> >> before it went to
> >> far, but it started to wear a touch on the R$P.
> >> Just visible, I can
> >> barely barely feel a bit of roughness on the
> contact
> >> pattern.  Question
> >> is, is it still useable, or do I need to find a
> new
> >> R$P.
> >> HIGH RESOLUTION Pictures are posted here:
> >> http://www.unm.edu/~geoffj/Pinion/
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >> Geoff Johnson
> >>
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