When I asked about leaking seals last month I got alot of good info from
folks. One gentleman said to use the rubberized cork valve cover gasket
from a 350 CI chevy motor for stock and to cut the gasket a smidge longer so
it seals when everything gets tightened up. Memphis has the seal, but
instead of cork, it's a little wedge of rubber for $0.50 each. It looks
like a wide letter "L". NSN is 5330-00-348-8365 and it is detailed in the
361 parts and maint manuals..
FWIW....I contacted 13 vendors ( 8 responded)concerning the items needed
in a hub tear down ( cork "wedge", hub gasket, lock washer, outer seal,
inner seal, inner and outer bearings and wheel cylinders and brake shoe
sets) and only Memphis had everythimg in stock. Boyce, Murray and Antelope
had everything but the "wedge". SECO didn't have the lockwashers or the
"wedge". The others only had one or two items each.. Prices varied widely on
the same parts ( ie NSN). I was warned that I would get NOS cosmolined parts
from Memphis, but received New manufacture parts from Korea and Japan. All
parts are clean with nice new synthetic rubber. Next step is to hit some
Bearing Supply houses and Truck stores and see if they can match up with
American parts. But the Offshore stuff doesn't look shabby at all and I will
probably use them.
Ron
----- Original Message -----
From: "Winget, Adrian JTFCS5G" <winget@jwfc.jfcom.mil>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 6:37 AM
Subject: [MV] Oil Leak in Deuce and 5 Ton axles (A Solution!!!!)
> For those of you that have been experiencing oil leaks into the bearings
of
> the M35 Series (and 5 tons, possibly others) Here's a fix that I found in
an
> old PS Magazine last night (Easy to miss if you weren't aware of the need
> for a fix)
>
> There is supposed to be a tiny (Small as in REALLY Small) chunk of cork
> placed in the keyway slot before you slip the slotted seal washer on the
> outer bearing. This in effect seals the leak hole from oil that makes it
> past the inner seal (Some will apparently).
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