Keith's red S3

ian65 · Post by **ian65** » Mon Sep 09, 2019 10:32 am

bloody hell, how lucky is that?

Do you know what caused it in the first place so you can stop it happening again?

myatt1972 · Post by **myatt1972** » Mon Sep 09, 2019 11:55 am

Well Pip did warn me about carbon apex seals absorbing moisture over time, he said I might be ok if had been kept well oiled. Seems it wasn't oiled well enough.

ian65 · Post by **ian65** » Mon Sep 09, 2019 2:20 pm

Whats the plan then, are you changing all the apex seals?

DKWW2000 · Post by **DKWW2000** » Mon Sep 09, 2019 4:45 pm

On the plus side Keith, you only need 1 seal

I guess you can use all the side seals etc & springs again? When you think what might of happened

myatt1972 · Post by **myatt1972** » Mon Sep 09, 2019 8:56 pm

DKWW2000 wrote: ↑Mon Sep 09, 2019 4:45 pm On the plus side Keith, you only need 1 seal
I guess you can use all the side seals etc & springs again? When you think what might of happened

Yes everything looks fine apart from that seal so a set of apex seals and a soft seal kit I guess.

myatt1972 · Post by **myatt1972** » Mon Sep 09, 2019 8:57 pm

ian65 wrote: ↑Mon Sep 09, 2019 2:20 pm Whats the plan then, are you changing all the apex seals?

Yes thats the plan, evrything else looks good

TOOL · Post by **TOOL** » Tue Sep 10, 2019 5:56 am

Yeah, carbon seals will even begin to break up in storage.

What seals you planning to run?

13B 3mm carbon seals are NLA dude.

myatt1972 · Post by **myatt1972** » Tue Sep 10, 2019 10:38 am

TOOL wrote: ↑Tue Sep 10, 2019 5:56 am Yeah, carbon seals will even begin to break up in storage.

What seals you planning to run?

13B 3mm carbon seals are NLA dude.

I'm not sure to be honest, what would you suggest as an alternative?

TOOL · Post by **TOOL** » Tue Sep 10, 2019 8:19 pm

You gotta go steel seals.

They’ll be harder on the housings though.

But you can still get early housings unlike the carbon seals.

ian65 · Post by **ian65** » Tue Sep 10, 2019 9:16 pm

TOOL wrote: ↑Tue Sep 10, 2019 8:19 pm You gotta go steel seals.

They’ll be harder on the housings though.

But you can still get early housings unlike the carbon seals.

do they need to be 1 piece because of the bridge?

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