Rear axle overhaul: Status check

From the time my onboro Alfa was still running on the road, I noticed that the inside of the right-rear wheel was dirty with oil soiling. I thought there should be a problem with the oil seal of the rear axle.

I checked it again when I installed the overhauled rear brakes, and found that the areas around the right side rear axle were dirty with oil. I confirmed the oil seal needed to be replaced. Therefore, I removed the rear axle shafts and started the cleaning.

The oil soiling was really stubborn. It was not easy to clean up them completely.

The inside and outside of the splash shield, around the axle case and drum case … everything was very dirty …

I started from the cleaning of the rear axle hosing.

The oil seal didn’t look so bad condition at first glance. But probably there could be problems in the oil seal. (Or also in other parts?)

Anyway I would start from the replacement of the oil seal.

(My original blog was written on 20th Jun 2008)

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