Axle housing sealant

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Model T Ford Forum: Forum 2014: Axle housing sealant
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Bill Elliott on Saturday, November 01, 2014 - 01:02 pm:

O.k., I've decided to go ahead and grind off all the brazing and old rivet heads on my 1914 axle housings. I have them apart, and am going to the sandblaster this week to get them down to bare metal. Once I primer them, I need to re-rivet them back together. I was planning on using some kind of non-hardening sealant between the housing and the tube, but not sure if that's wise when hot-riveting. Does anyone have a good sealant they would recommend that is not flammable?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Allan Bennett - Australia on Saturday, November 01, 2014 - 07:54 pm:

Bill, I use a Loctite flange sealant. It is non hardening, comes in a red tube, costs a bit, but you will have enough for a lifetime supply. I think the no. is 510.

Check a recent post on repairing a 1914 diff and you will see a photo of a housing I had worked on and the tube of sealant used.

Hope this helps.

Allan from down under.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Wayne Sheldon, Grass Valley, CA on Saturday, November 01, 2014 - 10:22 pm:

Temperature should not be much of an issue. When I riveted my '13 housing back together a couple years ago, I put the rivet in place, set up the bucking, aimed the torch at the end of the rivet, and hammered. The housing never got hot enough that I couldn't touch it.
That is my experience.
Drive carefully, and enjoy, W2


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