Alpha one bell housing gasket pushes out
05-23-2020 | 10:25 PM
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Alpha one bell housing gasket pushes out
Reinstalled both drives today, and i found the thin part on both sides, both drives was wanting to squeeze out on me to the point i could see the orange. I don't remember this being an issue last year. I did spend a lot of time making sure all old gasket material was scraped, and wiped down with alcohol later.
I attempted to loosen the nuts and push gasket back in as i tightened. I would get to maybe 25 lb/ft before it would want to squeeze back out. Either way, does it really matter? Seems to me, the main point of the gasket is to keep the drive from corroding to the bell housing. Water intrusion to the bellows is on the rubber ring, and water passage is on the o-ring.
Am i wrong?
I attempted to loosen the nuts and push gasket back in as i tightened. I would get to maybe 25 lb/ft before it would want to squeeze back out. Either way, does it really matter? Seems to me, the main point of the gasket is to keep the drive from corroding to the bell housing. Water intrusion to the bellows is on the rubber ring, and water passage is on the o-ring.
Am i wrong?
