Pushrod tube seals.

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NaughtyNetley
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Pushrod tube seals.

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I am putting my 1959 G3, with 500 top end, back together after stripping it to put a couple of helicoils in the head.
I'm getting an oil leak from the pushrod tubes and there is discernable gap at the bottom. There's always been a bit of weeping but nothing serious.
I am looking to replace all the seals as I found there was not a metal washer at the top and only the long rubber tube "010672"
Do I need all the others listed in the pdf manual diagram or are some for different years of manufacture?
I've also seen on this forum about replacing them with BS 134 o rings which should be easy to locate locally apart from the metal washers.
Not sure which way to go...
Thanks for looking.
Neil
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Re: Pushrod tube seals.

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try the parts list
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Re: Pushrod tube seals.

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http://archives.jampot.dk/book/Spares_l ... _twins.pdf
There is a metal washer above the top rubber and a dished shape washer below that fits upside down over the tube radius.
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Re: Pushrod tube seals.

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Thanks Rob, that's a great help.
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Re: Pushrod tube seals.

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clive wrote:try the parts list
Cheers Clive.
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Re: Pushrod tube seals.

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Parts ordered from the club, thanks.
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Re: Pushrod tube seals.

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Don't forget the improvement 'mod' to replace the rubber tube with a stack of O rings (4 if I recall).

Hopefully somebody will be able to find the link to the relevant info and post it here.

Alan
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