alastaid
Member Since: 03 Dec 2013
Location: York
Posts: 78
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| Rear axle with drums, what happens to the oil? | |
Hi,
So I am rebuilding my 1984 90, and have got round to the rear axle. After having done the front, the rear axle doesn't make sense to me. So the fronts have a traditional oil seal that the shaft goes through to keep the oil in the axle and diff. On the rears there is no equivalent, so suppose you park the car overnight on a really steep bank so its much higher on the off side than near side. Surely the oil will flow down the axle, it will well up in the cavity inside the drive flange, assuming the drive flange is oil tight no oil will leak into the hub cap, but if the oil is high enough, wont it just flow into the bearings and contaminate the grease? As far as I can see the two seals around the bearings on the stub axle are to keep the grease in the bearings, not the diff oil out?
Have i got the above right or am I missing something? Or can someone explain what happens to the oil when you park on a steep bank.
Thanks
Alastair
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20th Jan 2020 9:10pm |
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