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Originally Posted by DaveG28
Having stripped the car down to take a look, one of the diffs is leaking out of one sides outdrive, what's the best way of trying to sort it?
Is it best to use more shims to pressure the oring, or is that just going to screw up the gear mesh?
Do I just change the oring and hope that fixes it? Or can I grease/glue around it?
Or just live with it? How much can leak out before I need to refill?
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Dont shim it anymore, it can strip the gears.
All I do on mine is to sand the rear of the internal gears (gently to ensure they are smooth, only takes about 30 seconds). Then build it as instructions. I do use a few parts of AE green goo for piece of mind.
I havent had any leaks since using the green goo (This was on the spec-R diff)
I since built my new Tamiya v2 ones like this and they havent leaked a drop even with thinner oil (1000 wt)
Oh and when I did at first have a leaking diff, I ran it until it didnt feel right. (which after 4 months I just changed it, and it still had quite a lot left). Even the smallest of leaks can look quite dramatic as they are doing quite a few times a second.