I was tightening up the rear brakes of my semi-daily driver yesterday ('65 Beetle) and was disappointed to see that both sides were nice and wet. Yep, the hubs are AGAIN leaking. I don't drive the car that much any more but it is discouraging to have to replace the seals every 1000 miles or so. I have even had some fairly good (AC) mechanics try it and for a while it would stay dry but after not too long a while it would again start to leak. I suspect that the parts are just wearing out too much and have too much play. It didn't help last June when I had adjusted the rear brakes a tad too tight and they got REALLY hot. I stopped, let them cool, loosened them up, but they started to leak. So replaced the seals yet again and it seemed to hold until about 2 weeks ago.
Any thoughts? This '65 is not the car I want to put lots of $$ into. It is a conglomeration of multiple vehicles. My '64 is the one I want to fix up perfectly and keep for club meetings and shows. It still has only 90k miles on it.
KWW '65 Beetle (The IOC) '64 Beetle (Blue Wave)