Swivel Seals

[SpenB]

Hi all,

Now my swivel seals leaking!!

So having done a search and found the answers to replacing the seal im going down the cheat route of cutting my seal at the top etc.

Now the question is, RTV sealant is used, What is RTV Sealant, What does RTV stand for and not yet knowing what it is where would i purchase it from .... Please.

Thanks in advance

SpenB

[LandyManLuke]

RTV stands for "Room temperature Vulcanizing"

vulcanizing is a chemical curing process - i.e. the way the sealant 'goes off' or sets, dries, etc

You should be able to get it from a decent auto supplies place, motor factors etc.

[jdixon7]

Hi

When you cut the seal what do you do about the metal spring around the lip

which holds the seal tight?

Do you use the old spring or re fix it some how?

John

[yellow]

I was able to reuse the old spring on one side, but not on the other side. The 'other' side spring I had to undo by finding the link in the spring and slowly turning the two ends opposite (It is a conical spring turned into itself.) Reassembly, although fiddly, was by adding a little dot of Loctite, and turning the spring into itself again.

This all because I did not have the 12-sided spanner to undo the mentally tight bolts on the swivel...

[disco_al]

if you are careful then you can remove the spring and refit afterwards

[Les Henson]

The spring has a join in it. You turn it the same way as the turn of the spring and it will seperate. To re-join it - you push one end inside the other and it self-grips again.

If the old spring is fine, then leave it in place and use that. If water has got inside the swivel, then is quite usual for the spring to be rusty/weak, or already broken.

Les.