Nice thread-info, here.
A few years ago,when it appeared that my 57 Dodge's P/S gearbox was
leaking, like-a-sieve, from its lower seal, rather than risk something
bad happening to the car's P/S gearbox, if/when it might be sent to a
rebuilder (Lares Corp, as it turned out), I bought a wrecking yard
gearbox & had it be sent to Lares, which overhauled IT (excellently) &
sent it to me, so, all I had to do was have it be installed in my car, &
it has worked flawlessly.
My question is: what would Lares have repaired/adjusted/replaced as part
of their overhaul (of a 'wasted' w.y. gearbox) , which might also be
nice-or-needed to do, on anyone else's leaking gearbox?
In other words, does replacing that leaking lower seal constitute a
complete system repair, or is/are there other components which should be
checked and/or repaired, as long as that lower seal is leaking, anyway,
and something needs to be done, to the gearbox????
I presume, that when Lares received that nasty w.y. gearbox, that they
should have "gone" completely through it, instead of merely doing a
seal-replacement operation.
Again,. I am COMPLETELY satisfied with the (expensive) end-result, but
wonder what, exactly, Lares did do, internally to that w.y. gearbox,
and whether anyone here, should consider doing anything more, to their
gearboxes, beyond merely replacing that lower seal.
Neil Vedder
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- From: Mike Apfelbeck <moparmike72@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 10:30:48 -0700
It's also known as a "speedy sleeve", pretty widely used
in the heavy truck and equipment industry. Properly installed, it is just
as good as the original seal surface. Most likely the leak is caused by
excessive wear in the shaft bearings.
Mike
At 08:10 PM 6/22/2007, Bob Moore wrote:
Hi
Chuck,
That sleeve is called a shaft saver or
something like that, I had one on a pinion one time from a car I'm trying
to save, and basically- it's an emergncy effort that didn't work in this
case! Is there any side to side/lateral play in the arm?
Could be a worn shaft in the area of the seal, who know's- the kit may
work for you! If the box is not too loose. I think the
problem is if you try to use the same size seal with sleeve it wears it
out a little too fast outside of design parameters!
Good luck,
Bob
(my '58 Dodge P/S box doesn't leak, just no
assist!)
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Subject: [FWDLK] 1955 power steering leak
Hi Everyone I have been trying to stop the leak at the
pitman arm shaft for a few years now and have installed a few
seals. This weekend I am going to try installing a new seal again
with a shim that I was told would take care of it.{ I can?t remember the
name of if it slides over the shaft and you then install the seal}
I was wondering if anyone else with this problem has had any
luck with one of these seals with this shim or is there another way to
repair this with out removing the power steering unit as this is the only
leak and the steering seems to work great.
I also have an issue with my brakes I rebuilt the booster
and master about a year and half ago and the brakes work great but when I
first press on the pedal there is a lot of play I have to pump the pedal
a little then the brakes feel and work fine. Is there air in the
line ? or is there some think else I should be checking. I
have a big car show in August in stowe Vermont and just want to take care
of these few problems first.
Chuck Deyoe 1955 New Yorker
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