I have a couple of leaky VC units on the shelf. I have been tempted to take them apart and maybe try to fix them. I guess first we would need to know if new seals are available. The fluid that leaks out is dark gray but I have no way to know what color it started out as. It has a strange consistency and settles to the bottom of the front diff housing rather than mix much with the surrounding gear oil. The leaky VCs pretty much freewheeled when installed. Mark Alistair Bell wrote: > we don't know as we don't know the specs for the original vc fluid. > > there are a few different forms of siloxanes/dimethecones etc > > I *think* the vc fluid is a polydimethylsiloxane, but what molecular > weight (ie what polymer size)? > > The fun part is that the us supplier has some stuff cheap, and if you > had the time and inclination you could play around with clapped out > vc, do some bench tests etc. > > Maybe even make a model vc for the science fair :0 > > alistair > > > |
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