From: "Walter Overfelt"
To: <Jay>
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000
Unless they (Cavalcade owners) are replacing the three seals that are associated with that
gear box, they may be wasting their time. Read following:
1. If the seal that is by the u-joint has failed, there will be gear
oil in the drive shaft boot. resulting in loss of gear oil in the bevel gear box.
2. If you notice a slight LOSS of engine oil with no explanation (smoky exhaust,
engine oil leaks, etc.) CHECK bevel gear box for high oil level, IF its HIGH and you
didn't over- fill it, then the seal BETWEEN the gear box and the crankcase has failed,
allowing engine oil to enter bevel gear box (as this oil is under engine oil pressure). IF
you continue to run under these conditions, you will over fill the gear box with ENGINE OIL which WILL either come out
of the bevel gear box BREATHER TUBE, or lead to failure of REAR SEAL AT THE U-JOINT.
3. ANY TIME the bevel gear box is removed for any reason, it is a good IDEA to
REPLACE ALL THREE SEALS in the bevel gear box, as this is a very time consuming
job. The three seals are as follows:
A. Rear Seal item #1
B. Main Shaft Seal item#15
C. Clutch Shaft Seal (not shown)
Unless you check this out, your mechanic may just change the rear seal.
.
RIDE SAFE and CHECK OIL LEVELS
WALTER