OOPS, Didn't read ahead. In my eagerness to save this poor fellow, I got trapped
in the heat...
Bruce
Ron wrote:
> 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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