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Waaay back when I had a series 3 LR you could buy a kit with seals that were cut, you would put the split at the top when refitting the new seal, then you would do the job properly a week or so later after all the oil had kept coming out of the split...
If you ditch the oil and put cv grease in the swivels you might find the seals dont leak anyway
I was thinking of putting the grease in instead, just a little concerned if grit/sand got in there, would be a bugger to clean/fix. Would the grease dry up over time? mmmm, wonder if others have put in grease with no problems.
Very interesting about the kit with the split seals on the earlier landrovers, I have only a slight weep,( the only oil leak I have on the rangie :) maybe I could put an additive in like moreys or lucus.
It only takes a few hours to do the job properly:p, check your swivel hub bearing endfloat/preload they should be preloaded! whilst there, it maybe the causeQuote:
Originally Posted by milld
maybe that's why I have some slight steering shake between 105-110 km/h. preload etc not correct+ the slight leak. I don't know much about the setup, I'm still learning all about these machines. The electrics + the 3.9 seems to be my biggest disappointment.Quote:
Originally Posted by rovercare
Hi Milld, Interestingly a Rangie I bought a few Rangies ago someone had stapled the swivel seal together in attempt to try and make a good enough seal, didn't work either!!! I agree with others below, for the amount of work involved doing the job properly doesn't actually cost that much more or take that much longer.
I used a synthetic liquid grease last time this seemed to work quite well, didn't leak and the grease actually coated the swivel ball, didn't pick up enough to actually contaminate the grease inside the swivel. If you wanted to change the grease do it in the summer when there is a bit more heat around to allow the grease to run out that bit quicker. Never be as quick as oil but doesn't take to long.
We have been running cv grease in the swivels for years on our comp rangy.Quote:
Originally Posted by milld
But as has been said it is still worth doing the job right and checking the swivel bearing pre load as this can make a huge difference to the handling.
We have also used neat moreys in the past which works well.
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Originally Posted by 350RRC
What I was trying to say here is that by doing this mod when you can then in the future you will not lose all the oil in the swivel ball when you change discs, etc.
If you have to remove both bolts that hold the bracket (and the top swivel pin) completely that's what happens.
DL
Hi Forumites,
Job done............ Used the swivel seals I bought on Ebay from Gary, fitted perfectly. Used the liquid grease, so far no leaks. As mentioned somewhere the unit is pretty awkward to move around due to the weight and the length of the half shaft, the passengers side particularly. One thing I did get caught out by was the half shaft lip seal on the back of the hub assembly, this was pretty worn and one was cracked, this would have allowed oil to transfer between the hub and the diff centre, due to the centreline height of the oil level in the hub you would never have been able to maintain a level in the hub, the oil would have always run into the diff centre.
So there you go, thanks for the assistance yet again, another job marked off the list. Onto installing the rear air locker now............. ho hum!!!
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