March 6, 2015: Did a lot of stuff (continued)
This was a good day.
Finally replaced my leaking axle seal
This is the low mileage seal that I caused to start leaking back in October (see reply 337). Been trying to patch it up ever since with no success.
Pic 2: Nice shot of the 6-speed tailhousing
Pic 4: New seal installed!
Pic 5 & 6: Again, be sure to roughen-up sealing surfaces before using them with new seals -- otherwise the new seal won't be able to break-in using a finely polished sealing surface. Note the criss-cross patterns.
Pic 7: Gonna switch to MT90. It's been a good 11 or 12 yrs since I've used it.
UPDATE on MT90: It DEFINITELY shifts better than Amsoil. I was quite impressed. It does feel thinner. The Amsoil lasted 60,000-something miles. I hope this Redline isn't too thin because I put this transaxle through more torque than it was originally used to. The only time I've blown up a transaxle was a C56 (destroyed 3rd gear with my old SC14-powered GZE) and it was using... dun dun dun... MT90. Either way the Amsoil had been through a lot so I'm glad to get some fresh oil in there.
This was a good day.
Finally replaced my leaking axle seal
This is the low mileage seal that I caused to start leaking back in October (see reply 337). Been trying to patch it up ever since with no success.
Pic 2: Nice shot of the 6-speed tailhousing
Pic 4: New seal installed!
Pic 5 & 6: Again, be sure to roughen-up sealing surfaces before using them with new seals -- otherwise the new seal won't be able to break-in using a finely polished sealing surface. Note the criss-cross patterns.
Pic 7: Gonna switch to MT90. It's been a good 11 or 12 yrs since I've used it.
UPDATE on MT90: It DEFINITELY shifts better than Amsoil. I was quite impressed. It does feel thinner. The Amsoil lasted 60,000-something miles. I hope this Redline isn't too thin because I put this transaxle through more torque than it was originally used to. The only time I've blown up a transaxle was a C56 (destroyed 3rd gear with my old SC14-powered GZE) and it was using... dun dun dun... MT90. Either way the Amsoil had been through a lot so I'm glad to get some fresh oil in there.