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Originally Posted by Vegas69
Exactly what I was thinking. They rebuild those cars after every race. And for somebody to say that they have NEVER had a problem, is a LIE. I can't tell you how many times I've heard that line calling misc. vendors. An axle seal out towards the flange is the safest alternative.
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Even when I was just doing local short track stuff, we checked and packed the bearings on all four corners every couple weeks. With the sustained high g left turns, I would see a slight bit of wash in the floater hub bearings. I never had an external leak as long as I kept the o-ring seals in proper shape. I don't think you would have the bearing wash from rear end lube with normal street driving. When tracking or autocrossing, I consider that racing and therefore you should maintain the car as such. Ie. checking all the bearings, replacing and resetting pre-load. This will also help with knock-back. I agree with you on the " we have never seen that" comment. We agree also on the outer axle seal. At this point I will not run inner seals anymore. The other point I wanted to throw out is that floaters were not developed for racing. They were adapted. Originally they were supplied on heavy duty trucks. As racers always do, they saw the benefits these types of axles had and over the years developed them for racing. I'm sure most of you knew that, but for the folks reading that may not be involved in this conversation I just thought I would throw it out there.
Doug,
Thanks for the mention in your response. I am glad you started this thread, because it has brought out a lot of tech that I will certainly also use in making future decisions. Heck I'm already rethinking what we have for the current project.
I really need to stop that. We need to finish this thing and quit changing stuff!
