SA Steering Gear Housing leak
Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 9:06 pm
Last week I actually added some of the fluids to my '48 Super A, which included the steering reservoir. Alas, the next day there was a puddle under the front axle. I removed the front axle to get access to the housing, to determine why it was leaking. I had replaced the Steering Worm Wheel Shaft Oil Seal (#24, http://www.cleancomputes.com/Cub/Super%20A%20-%20Super%20AV/TC-39B%20Parts%20Catalog/Page%20178.jpg). Upon closer examination, it appears that the seal is actually leaking around the OUTSIDE of the seal, rather than the rubber part of the seal through which the shaft protrudes.
Has anyone ever experienced or know of this? I can't see why it would be leaking there...as far as I know, I cleaned the seat, and saw no scoring marks, cracks or anything else that would keep it from sealing. I generally make sure surfaces like the seat would be shiny metal before it is inserted, and I am sure the seal didn't just drop in, it was a press fit.
Since I would prefer NOT to have to split the housing to remove the shaft, which would allow me to easily remove the seal, do you think I can (carefully) drill and insert two screws into the metal ring of the seal and with them, pull it out from around the shaft? I have a new seal.
If anyone can come up with another solution to this, I would appreciate the input.
Dale F
Has anyone ever experienced or know of this? I can't see why it would be leaking there...as far as I know, I cleaned the seat, and saw no scoring marks, cracks or anything else that would keep it from sealing. I generally make sure surfaces like the seat would be shiny metal before it is inserted, and I am sure the seal didn't just drop in, it was a press fit.
Since I would prefer NOT to have to split the housing to remove the shaft, which would allow me to easily remove the seal, do you think I can (carefully) drill and insert two screws into the metal ring of the seal and with them, pull it out from around the shaft? I have a new seal.
If anyone can come up with another solution to this, I would appreciate the input.
Dale F