VCCA Home Forums GENERAL DISCUSSION What did you do with your vehicle today? Knee action leak stopped

After replacing the factory corks and rubbers in my '36 knee action units in 1994 and fitting new bushes i lived with the slow drips. I recently fitted a modern oil seal inside the adjusting nut but oil still leaked out the nut thread when tightened. When i removed the radiator to attend to a leak i gave this leak another go. With front end on stands to remove radiator I loosened nut as far as it would go and cleaned exposed 1 to 1,5 threads with brake cleaner after siphoning oil out of unit. I put thread locker on the exposed thread and tightened the nut. After cleaning off the thread locker i painted the gap between the nut and the housing with enamel paint. After drying i gave it a few coats of paint whilst waiting for my radiator to return. Took 3 months to patiently wait for repair and refilled shock unit. No leak so far.

i rebuilt mine, and I've sealed all the previous leak areas, and now for some reason like yours mine started to leak out of the main cap threads. ill probably do the same. get some type of sealant in the threads

Hi Cochina my unit i sealed still does not leak. I have used the car and expected a leak afterwards but so far no leak. Still have to build up the courage to do the other side.