John and Colin, was it the quality of the seal that let the side down?
We had Daihatsu's for years and they used a split seal and it did appear to be a problem.
Cheers, Mick.
1974 S3 88 Holden 186.
1971 S2A 88
1971 S2A 109 6 cyl. tray back.
1964 S2A 88 "Starfire Four" engine!
1972 S3 88 x 2
1959 S2 88 ARN 111-014
1959 S2 88 ARN 111-556
1988 Perentie 110 FFR ARN 48-728 steering now KLR PAS!
REMLR 88
1969 BSA Bantam B175
Mick,
The 'floppy' split seal had no steel support so as you clamped it in place it would start to collapse.
I had never seen a seal without a steel backing and was surprised that the manufacturer even thought that they'd actually seal !
I'm sure 4 wheel drives sold a split seal some time back but I recon they took a hacksaw to a standard seal......
Colin
'56 Series 1 with homemade welder
'65 Series IIa Dormobile
'70 SIIa GS
'76 SIII 88" (Isuzu C240)
'81 SIII FFR
'95 Defender Tanami
Motorcycles :-
Vincent Rapide, Panther M100, Norton BIG4, Electra & Navigator, Matchless G80C, Suzuki SV650
Bit of a spelling error there in my last post....it should read didn't appear to be a problem.
However they run grease in the knuckles.
Cheers, Mick.
1974 S3 88 Holden 186.
1971 S2A 88
1971 S2A 109 6 cyl. tray back.
1964 S2A 88 "Starfire Four" engine!
1972 S3 88 x 2
1959 S2 88 ARN 111-014
1959 S2 88 ARN 111-556
1988 Perentie 110 FFR ARN 48-728 steering now KLR PAS!
REMLR 88
1969 BSA Bantam B175
oh crap ... it now all makes sense with the housing apart. The damn things fill the entire housing including the 'cv joint. Which means both cars i have had here have always been "empty". Infact the last one had a rusty 'cv joint in it when I purchased it (that is why there is no signs of leaking on that car ......... its swivels have obviously been empty ... well for decades!
seeya,
Shane L.
Proper cars--
'92 Range Rover 3.8V8 ... 5spd manual
'85 Series II CX2500 GTi Turbo I :burnrubber:
'63 ID19 x 2 :wheelchair:
'72 DS21 ie 5spd pallas
Modern Junk:
'07 Poogoe 407 HDi 6spd manual :zzz:
'11 Poogoe RCZ HDI 6spd manual
Some one should have told Land Rover that as a new technology. "Don't lubricate any moving oil filled assemblies, then they won't leak"
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