Thread: LT95 oil leak

nope that'll do it although you may not need to speedy sleeve it spin it up in a lathe or a home made varient there of (long 12mm bolt some nuts, washers and a socket to take up the slack and a low speed hand drill) wet'n'dry it to clean up the surface and you may find with a slight "mispositioning" of the seal the existing running surface may just get you out of trouble for a few years yet.

I would suggest that you look at the rear one at the same time.

as above
but also oil can migrate down the spigot shaft, a felt washer is used there, i use rubber cut from mud flap

If you find the flange is badly scored and you do need to sleeve it, don't forget to clean thoroughly with solvent and fill the groove with some sort of epoxy metal and file smooth before fitting the sleeve. The sleeves are very thin and will fail prematurely unless this is done.

cheers, DL

Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

Short question. Bring on the lengthy answers (short ones welcome as well).

I have a LT95 gearbox (I think). Oil has been leaking from the front output shaft seal. I was going to replace the seal and perhaps put a speedie sleeve on the shaft.
Is this all I need to do or are there other things I should consider whilst I am attempting this repair?

Thanking you all in advance
regards
Mick

Mick
With the LT95 you often find that the oil pump cover is warped it looks like its coming from the input shaft but it isnt.
Take the cover off and put it on a piece of glass with some wet and dry and make sure its flat, the last time mine was done it had a 30 thou warp.
They are such a heavy unit to get out you dont want to pull it 3 times like I did.

Duane

Originally Posted by clean32

as above
but also oil can migrate down the spigot shaft, a felt washer is used there, i use rubber cut from mud flap

The trick I use is silicone between the washer and the flange, I do this on diff pinions as well, always works!

Thanks for the advice guys.
Does anyone know what model no. or size speedie sleeve I need?

Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

Thanks for the advice guys.
Does anyone know what model no. or size speedie sleeve I need?

just get a new drive flange, the frount ones are the same as a RR but the back one is difrent. you my fined that there is a bit of movement on the spigot wich may defet a new seal, with or with out a speedy sleve.

Originally Posted by clean32

just get a new drive flange, the frount ones are the same as a RR but the back one is difrent. you my fined that there is a bit of movement on the spigot wich may defet a new seal, with or with out a speedy sleve.

Thankyou for the suggestion.
Background info:
I posted this in the RRC forum as the enquiry was concerning my SIII Stage 1 hybrid which has a 1981 RRC chassis and running gear. The front and rear flanges are exactly the same as a RRC. The list price I was quoted of a genuine was in the order of $600 (I shall pause here so you can get up from the floor and back in the seat) and the list price I was quoted of a non-genuine was in the order of $200.
How much is that speedie sleeve?
The seal was a few dollars. My output shaft may be OK or it may not. I just want to be prepared on the day.
What do I need to tell the young, spotty sales person (who thinks a speedie sleeve is a detachable hoodie arm) to get the correct part.

regards