<VV> Re: Seal (was pinion wear)

[Geoffrey A Johnson]

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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