Like Scott - Broken down at rest stop, Water Pump Seal

[Scott & Heather]

This is
Killing me. Keep at it Sami.
Hopefully you won't have to mess with the water pump ever again. You're still baselining this coach


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[Beachfinn]

Appreciate the sympathy Scott 
As it turns out I may have been able the swap the pump myself. But seeing that the part was wrong and the needed to replace bunch of clamps, broke bolt in old pump, it would have been pretty big stress. Got the new pump in ran it till thermostat hit and got about 10 gallons of coolant in. Seemed ok and hit the road. Right on on ramp to I-10, it must have burned and engine shut off...ladder out and added 2 more gallons and we were good to go. Bought 4 quarts of rear lube and filled it with check ports on axle caps to about half way Into the shafts,Found a dirt lot in Hammond LA, to night over, everything is jam packed around here.
Tough haul as I have a fifth nerve issues and my eyes get tired during dark..

Thank you all for all your help 
Long ~600 Mile haul tomorrow, keep your fingers crossed for me,
Sami

[Scott & Heather]

Hope you slept well. You might still have more air burp out of the cooling system so be ready to add more coolant. It took me a couple of days of driving to get the air purged out of my MCI 9 with the 6v92. Just really hard to burp those.


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[Beesme]

Mine took 2 days and 24 gallons

[B_K]

Did you ask for Jason @ S & S and give him a hard time for me?
  BK 

[Beachfinn]

Made it to FL, with hours to spare. Played trucker with Kelly's dad who just happened on I-75 same time with his semi, made the last 90 miles go by nice. Yeah added 3 more gallons of coolant on this morning seemed to settle there.

And since this is how it goes: both axels leak fluid, I added 4 qts on the trip to keep them lubricated... I guess I'll have to get new gaskets and pull them out. I think S&S just rtv siliconed them in... should be fun to pull them out.

Oh and lol, the crap roads in Louisiana made sparks fly under the dash causing most of the instrument lights go out. Now I have red led flash light to see speed 

[Beachfinn]

As for Jason, by the time I got there and realized the had not done anything yet, most of them were gone. You know these guys work from 8 to 5?

[B_K]

LOL! Yes I know Jason is a 9-5'er for sure.
Last I heard he'd made supervisor and doesn't even open his tool box anymore!   
  BK 

[luvrbus]

You need to order the axle gaskets before you remove the axle sometimes those are hard to find since they are not your standard axle gaskets found on trucks

[brmax]

If the axles and hub are cleaned to spec. RTV is perfect there in my book, never had one leak. Them parts are a pain to clean and prepare properly no doubt, brake & electric cleaner was great later on when available and not as hot to curl rubber or bother paint if aware and addressed correctly. The RTV we purchase needs a proper cure time for best results, but clean and dry is the key, also the amount used as it doesn't take much with a machine fit seal as this, sometimes the over use is an easy sign of reel smrtz.
I haven't used many axle gaskets in repair, but did consider them excellent for temporary use with covering plates when axles were pulled for towing and retrieval.
What sticks in my head as an apprentice? hammering out gaskets, and if ya look right over the hub you will be able to see rtv on the pumkin!

Coffees gone best get to work, hydraulic cylinders oh boy
have a good day there
Floyd

[luvrbus]

I had to remove Tom's (LVMIC) axles and replace with gaskets when RTV was used they leaked bad

[Beachfinn]

im planning a trip to winter garden MCI to get windshields, i'll check if they have the gaskets. am I correct to assume the gaskets go in dry? Does anybody know from top of their head what's the bolt size on the axle caps, that are used to pull them out?

I'll likely have to have someone to swap the axle grease/oil, since now it's a mixture of what was available on my drive down...

[luvrbus]

They are 1/2 inch but just smack the center of the axle with a heavy hammer and they pop out

[brmax]

Its obvious the RTV wasn't cured properly and possibly a bad batch I'm sure Tom was stoked you were available to help repair, I would be. anyway that can happen this is a real world and stuff happens.
I had the opportunity to know the equipment I worked on as it was only repaired by me from new, and though a small amount by many fleet standards I was wrenching 78 dot licensed trucks here for 34 years myself "not a shop full of techs "and I can say if in a perfect world if only pulling 4 axles a year that woulda been extremely lucky and actually triple it at minimum, seals go, brake pads freeze, diffs go out and I promise you I bought less gaskets than my 10 fingers and used RTV without leaks. I feel I only qualify saying that as if one of my assigned vehicles broke down 200 miles away It was me that still got the call and went as having a service truck for emergency road and field repair was 24-7+.
Permatex ultra black, clean and dry surface, count on it!

Floyd

[dtcerrato]

Floyd
I can appreciate what your saying, please complete the last sentence for success of that stuff... Do you tighten completely right away or over time, cure time before putting into service? I like making gaskets over buying them. I like even more for silicone you mention. Does one have to be careful when assembling engine parts (detrimental to get cured silicone into oil galleys)? Thanks