seal swelling stuff

Me steering box is leaking from the pressure seal on the input shaft at the top.

Anyone had any success with that stuff you put in the oil to swell the seals, and if so, any recommendations as to which kind to buy?

On the face of it, It doesn't look too hard to replace the seal, presuming the f***er is available and presuming2 that the shaft isn't grooved. But putting stuff in the fluid would be far easier, of course.

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Austin Shackles
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On or around Tue, 28 Jun 2005 12:13:37 +0100, Austin Shackles enlightened us thusly:

BTW, this is a Burman.

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Austin Shackles

Me steering box is leaking from the pressure seal on the input shaft at the top.

Anyone had any success with that stuff you put in the oil to swell the seals, and if so, any recommendations as to which kind to buy?

On the face of it, It doesn't look too hard to replace the seal, presuming the f***er is available and presuming2 that the shaft isn't grooved. But putting stuff in the fluid would be far easier, of course.

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bones

Does this work in gearboxes. I have a Freelander (!!!) but also have a Volvo V40 which leaks all the time, a known fault with Renault gearboxes in Volvos

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Andy Burke

Well, it did indeed used to be called "Seal Swell." We used to use it in bike forks and it worked a treat. In fact, it can work so well that it can make the forks a little slow to react. Some say it b****s the seal rubber but what the heck, it's knacked already! TonyB

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TonyB

On or around Tue, 28 Jun 2005 20:13:09 +0000 (UTC), "TonyB" enlightened us thusly:

quite. fecking sight cheaper than a recon steering box, and also cheaper than getting someone esle to replace the seal, which appears to be somewhat hassle-riddne and require sundry special tools to get the sod apart.

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Austin Shackles

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Dave Piggin

On or around Sat, 2 Jul 2005 14:45:25 +0100, Dave Piggin enlightened us thusly:

may prove useful. Got some slick50 stuff in there at the moment which claims to stop leaks. we'll see what happens.

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Austin Shackles

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