09-09-2022, 07:01 PM
I am losing oil which is dripping off the bottom of the torque tube chassis mounting nut.
I have lip seals either side of my back axle and David Cockrane's bronze oil thrower but with his lip seal modification. I wondered if the space is getting pressurised thereby pushing out back axle oil. Looking at a spare back axle I see there is a setscrew on top of the torque tube and just realised that is a breather ... not covered by Woodrow's book! So I need to check if I have lost much oil from the differential but also remove the breather from under the car to check if that one is blocked. Has anyone else had oil being pushed out (through lip-seal or scroll) by the breather being blocked?
I have lip seals either side of my back axle and David Cockrane's bronze oil thrower but with his lip seal modification. I wondered if the space is getting pressurised thereby pushing out back axle oil. Looking at a spare back axle I see there is a setscrew on top of the torque tube and just realised that is a breather ... not covered by Woodrow's book! So I need to check if I have lost much oil from the differential but also remove the breather from under the car to check if that one is blocked. Has anyone else had oil being pushed out (through lip-seal or scroll) by the breather being blocked?