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Old 12-05-16, 17:01
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Originally Posted by Ed Landstrom View Post
Then I thought of making an adaptor to use an 0-ring. It seems so beautifully simple there must be something wrong with it. It wouldn't involve any modification to either the shaft or the mount and making the adaptor disc is a simple enough lathe job I could even attempt it myself.
O-Rings don't like sealing on rotating surfaces such as hubs, but will tolerate sliding surfaces (as in a Piston Ring).

Perhaps a Speedi-Sleeve could be used to dress the surface to be suitable for a regular seal? Unfortunately, it might need to be removed and replaced each time the bearing is replaced, but how often do you expect that to be?
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