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loads of my landy owning mates have recently been mentioning hearing about quality problems with a lot of the britpart oil seals - and having helped my mate fit 2 sets of britpart valve stem seals within 4 or 5 months after they stretched/fell apart i'm inclined to believe it (the

3rd set of non-britpart ones seem to be lasting ok so far).

One of the local landy parts suppliers have also been said they have had a lot of trouble with britpart stuff. Not been to see richard at beamends for a while though to ask him about it too.

Is there any merit in this or is it just coincedence that people have had problems at the same time?. Since im about to fit a new handbrake seal to the 2a and the one i have waiting on the shelf is a britpart one i was debating going to buy a genuine one instead to save doing it again in a few months...

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Tom Woods
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Tom Woods uttered summat worrerz funny about:

For the cost I know what I'd be doing.

Lee D

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Lee_D

Replace Br with sh and you'd be somewhere near, my local independant has stopped selling them due to the amount of comebacks he got with them

Icky

Reply to
icky

I think the one here is doing the same.

Since if it leaks again it means a new set of shoes and lots of getting oily under the landy i think i shall get a genuine one instead and fit that.

Reply to
Tom Woods

New shoes?

Pah! Treat it to some good degreaser, white spirit, what ever. I replace the Seal on my IIa back when I had hair and never looked back even after the Jag adaption. The shoes remained the same. They should be like new as they get nothing like the wear you see on normal drums eslewhere on the truck as they are only applied when the vehicle is static.

Lee D

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Lee_D

How oily were your shoes though? I had to go and get a pot to put underneath the landy to catch all the oil that was flowing out of mine once i took the prop off! (and it got even worse once the drum came off too!) I reckon they are past degreasing.

Reply to
Tom Woods

Degrease'em, then hit them with a blow torch and a light sandpaper to buff

Once they have a layer on the surface how much more is on their is irrelevant.

Left in a pot of suitable liquid of preference they will come up a treat.

Fit new if you like -- you environmental terrorist you! ;-)

Lee D

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Lee_D

Nah, put them in bio washing powder and let them simmer on the stove for a few hours.

Alex

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Alex

If you want a genuine seal I can post you one for £1.30 + postage at cost. The part number is FRC1780.

Martin

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Oily

thanks for the offer but i want to get it back together on saturday (since i have a free day and can then leave it for an MOT next week) so i'll pop out and buy one. if you post it - even if you dont wait for my cheque to arrive its still gonna be later than saturday - and i need a tensioner, a mud shield gasket, a couple of hub gaskets and a prop shaft boot too..

Reply to
Tom Woods

I like that idea. Sounds cheap and i have a load of bio washing powder spare too! Shall cook em tommorrow night!

Reply to
Tom Woods

ive never thought of using white spirit as a degreaser. Learn useful new things every day!

Reply to
Tom Woods

On or around 14 Nov 2007 23:00:43 GMT, Tom Woods enlightened us thusly:

best degreaser I've found is stuff sold as disc brake cleaner for pushbikes.

Reply to
Austin Shackles

Don't need to be bio, just a detergent.

Reply to
GbH

Bio breaks down the oil better, saves having to keep skimming the oil off the surface.

Alex

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Alex

EP90 and washing powder make one of the wierdest smells ever when cooking on the hob...

Reply to
Tom Woods

Single still aren't you ?

Steve

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Steve Taylor

:) and happily so!

Reply to
Tom Woods

If he isn't he will be soon...

Reply to
Dave Liquorice

My boyfriend never used to complain.....

Alex

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Alex

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