Because nearly all TA,B,C's leak oil from around the welded axle housing and
all those rivets I suggest you thoroughly clean the inside of axle housing
with petrol or similar and then run some "sloshing compound" or petrol tank
sealant around the total insides. That way you will have no oil weeps
whatsoever. If you are stripping it all down that far make full use of the
opportunity.
You may however find the rear half of your chassis will start to
rust???!!!!
Good luck.
Harry
----- Original Message -----
From: Bob and Carolyn Grunau
To:
Cc: T-ABCs_Forever
Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2000 9:53 PM
Subject: Re: [mg-tabc] %$#&%
> Hi Jim,
> Consider yourself lucky, the bearing is SUPPOSED to be tight on the axle
> housing and a bearing puller is the only correct way to remove the bearing
> housing and bearing. I would use MGA octagonal nuts ( another pair of
> octagons on the car can do no harm ), or hex. nuts and oil seals and
torque
> the nuts to 125 ft-lbs to hold the bearing on the axle tube on
> re-assembly..
>
> As I said to you before, I would strip the entire rear axle, clean and
> check everything. There is sure to be some grit/steel in the axle as a
> result of the shaft breaking . I would install tapered roller bearings in
> the diff, or at the very least check the front double row pinion ball
> bearing brass cages. Also ensure the other non-broken axle to hub is a
> TIGHT fit ( bounce the axle end on a concrete floor and the whole assembly
> should 'ring" ). New oil seals and other new parts as required and you
> have a chance of getting a maintenance free rear axle assembly.
>
> BTW, why does the bearing carrier have to come off to replace just a
> half-shaft?.
> Bob
> ----------
> > From: FDShade@aol.com
> > To: mg-tabc@egroups.com
> > Subject: [mg-tabc] %$#&%
> > Date: Tuesday, April 04, 2000 12:45 AM
> >
> > As you may recall, I broke my axle shaft. I decided to install one of
> Phil
> > Marino's tapered shafts. In order to do that one has to remove the
> bearing
> > housing. Well, I spent a couple hours trying to figure out how to
remove
> the
> > lock nuts that hold the bearing housing onto the axle housing. Finally I
> > called John Seim and he told me about the little tabs on the washer that
> were
> > bent into the grooves of the lock nut. So now I have the lock nut off
> and
> > the bearing housing should slide right off right? WRONG ! I have
> pried
> > and pulled and hammered and tried everything but a wheel puller with no
> luck.
> >
> >
> > Should the bearing housing slide off now, or am I missing something?
> >
> > Jim Shade, West Covina CA
> >
> >
> >
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