One of my trim and tilt wipers is starting to weep. I just took the whole assembly off last summer and had a local shop replace all the seals. Really hate to fork over the cash to have them repacked again. Anyone every tried using Lucas Oil Hydraulic Stop leak on one of these? Thinking it could be a quick fix with this stuff, but not sure if it may affect the performance of the pump. Any thoughts?
If it stops leaking… what do you think it’s doing to other internal moving parts? Though I don’t know anything about it… when I was a mechanic I saw people put products like this in their oil and radiators… causing more repairs than fixes… Probably ok in the shortterm, probably not the long term though… Like I said, I’m not firmiluar with the product though, Chris V would probably know more about this.
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Originally posted by contender1One of my trim and tilt wipers is starting to weep. I just took the whole assembly off last summer and had a local shop replace all the seals. Really hate to fork over the cash to have them repacked again. Anyone every tried using Lucas Oil Hydraulic Stop leak on one of these? Thinking it could be a quick fix with this stuff, but not sure if it may affect the performance of the pump. Any thoughts?
If it has started to leak again after only a year the rod probably has some rough spots on it, it doesn’t take much. I would not suggest anything but the proper fluid. Feel the rod for any spots that are screatched or knicked, the rods are expensive but if fluid is leaking out, saltwater may be able to get in. If the rod is messed up it will continue to break the wipers if it is not replaced
Rods look good and I think the mechanic that fixed it last summer would have told me if the rods were suspect and the repair may not work. I am kind of wondering if seals just got dry from lack of use this winter. That was reason I was thinking of using the additive to condition the seals.
unlikely seals just “failed” in one year
I would be willing to bet you have some pitting on the shaft.
it may not have been there a year ago.
any of the stop leak products are not going to fix your issue, and will cause more problems down the road.
If the seals failed again that quickly, either the seal was pinched/damaged during install (likely would have leaked immediately) or the shafts are rough enough to abrade the seals as the motor is raised/lowered (or just plain scratched).
The tilt shaft on my old Johnson had this problem. No deep scratches. Just rough enough to eat the seals way to quickly and leak. I got really lucky. When I had it apart the last time to replace the seals, I used a Dremel tool with a round pad and some jewelers rouge and polished the length of the tilt shaft. 'Pretty much brought it back to a mirror finish. This took a little while. And, I expect that if you take off to much material, it’ll never seal. But, I got lucky. I smoothed it out enough to reduce the abrasion and left enough to allow a good seal. That was 3 years ago and I haven’t noticed a sheen behind me again, yet… so far… until it goes bad again. I would not use anything any more abrasive than jeweler’s rouge. Take too much material off of the shaft and you’re buying new parts.
I bet Chris has rebuilt quite a few T/T assemblies.
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