Rear Sailsbry oil seal

V8_Disco · Post by **V8_Disco** » Mon Nov 30, 2009 10:31 am

My Stage 1 Passed the MOT on Friday, No Advisories

On Saterday the rear Diff oil seal started to leek, is it a big job to swap out, it looks a fair bit more involved than a standard Rover casing

Thanks

Aidan

5988 · Post by **5988** » Mon Nov 30, 2009 10:41 am

easy enough
dont remember it been any more difficult that a rover one (except getting enough torque on the nut when re-fitting

V8_Disco · Post by **V8_Disco** » Mon Nov 30, 2009 11:38 am

Thanks,

another job for the weekend

A

5988 · Post by **5988** » Mon Nov 30, 2009 11:42 am

Glad you posted that ...reminded me i need to torque that nut (couldnt do it with the axle off) ....
rear prop to come back of now

V8_Disco · Post by **V8_Disco** » Mon Nov 30, 2009 12:20 pm

P.S.

Now the Truck is back on the road I could pop it down over the new year if you want a look?

Cheers

Aidan

5988 · Post by **5988** » Mon Nov 30, 2009 6:58 pm

V8_Disco wrote:P.S.

Now the Truck is back on the road I could pop it down over the new year if you want a look?

Cheers

Aidan

i recall you wanted to borrow my OD bits to copy so if you want to combine the two that would be useful

Davo · Post by **Davo** » Tue Dec 01, 2009 12:56 am

The Salisbury is a bit different for this job in that you must mark the position of the pinion shaft, retaining nut, and flange, and then count the number of turns it takes to completely undo the nut. This is so that it will all go back together without putting more load on the collapsible spacer that sits between the two pinion bearings. If you did overload then you'd have to replace it.

They still seem to leak, though. I replaced one seal and it just leaked a little less than the old one . . . and also bought a new axle and that's leaking now anyway!

djam1 · Post by **djam1** » Tue Dec 01, 2009 9:41 am

The key to stop them leaking is to replace the flange,
I had one that I had sleeved all looked good but it still leaked within a few hundred kays, replaced it with a brand new one and its been going for the last 3 years without issue.
There are also heavy duty seals that help a lot of the aftermarket stuff you buy in Australia is crap.

V8_Disco · Post by **V8_Disco** » Tue Dec 01, 2009 11:23 am

5988 - Cool I will drop you a PM next week

Thanks for the input, Its the collapsible spacer that worries me, but if I do it carefuly it should be ok...

Is it worth a gen seal?, I patten parts in the UK arnt great either

anyone got a part number to hand?

Cheers

Aidan

5988 · Post by **5988** » Tue Dec 01, 2009 8:52 pm

Davo wrote:The Salisbury is a bit different for this job in that you must mark the position of the pinion shaft, retaining nut, and flange, and then count the number of turns it takes to completely undo the nut. This is so that it will all go back together without putting more load on the collapsible spacer that sits between the two pinion bearings. If you did overload then you'd have to replace it.

They still seem to leak, though. I replaced one seal and it just leaked a little less than the old one . . . and also bought a new axle and that's leaking now anyway!

OH CRAP

ill be doing that again then

or just run it an see how it goes ....

Mrs Bingham · Post by **Mrs Bingham** » Wed Dec 02, 2009 9:20 am

Oil seal for the Salisbury axle is AEU2515 and is available in either genuine or pattern from www.lrseries.com

V8_Disco · Post by **V8_Disco** » Thu Dec 03, 2009 9:58 am

Thanks

Cheers chaps, If I am lucky I will get the part at the weekend if not It will be one eveing next week

Aidan

Davo · Post by **Davo** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 7:34 am

The key to stop them leaking is to replace the flange,

But . . . but . . . it was a new axle!!! Maybe being in storage did it.

However, that's good advice for any of these parts, whether on an axle or gearbox. I've used Speedi Sleeves and they can be quite good but a new flange is the best.