Discovery 2 leaky RHF wheel???

**Infiltrator** · 23rd December 2013, 05:06 PM

Hi There

I was coming home from a long trip away and I found little oil spots sall down the drivers side of the Disco 2.

I went under the car and there was a smell of diff oil and it was really wet down there. I checked the front diff oil and it was fairly low. I filled it back up, went for a drive and came back and it was leaking our pretty badly.

Here is a video of what it looks like

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAiuQw3FTYQ]Discovery 2 leaking RHF wheel? - YouTube[/ame]

What should I do to fix it?

**bidds** · 24th December 2013, 05:56 AM

I had a less impressive version of the same thing a month or two ago. It was the outer seal on the diff. I put it into the shop and had the cv boot replaced at the same time.

**winaje** · 24th December 2013, 07:28 AM

If you are reasonably mechanically minded it's not a difficult fix at all. The hardest part was seating the new seal in the end of the diff housing, I ended up cutting 45cm off the end of a wooden broom handle and trimming the flat end so that it fitted around the seal edge without pressing on the lip, then slowly driving it in a bit at a time. Factor a couple of hours taking it easy. Do both sides while you've got the diff drained. Seal is an FTC5258.

**twr7cx** · 24th December 2013, 09:43 AM

Originally Posted by winaje

If you are reasonably mechanically minded it's not a difficult fix at all. The hardest part was seating the new seal in the end of the diff housing, I ended up cutting 45cm off the end of a wooden broom handle and trimming the flat end so that it fitted around the seal edge without pressing on the lip, then slowly driving it in a bit at a time. Factor a couple of hours taking it easy. Do both sides while you've got the diff drained. Seal is an FTC5258.

And you'll need a torque multiplier or large torque wrench to torque up the hub nuts to 450nm.

**rangie ute on 38''** · 24th December 2013, 11:05 AM

I didn't think you need to undo the hub nut just to do the inner seal

**winaje** · 24th December 2013, 11:38 AM

Originally Posted by twr7cx

And you'll need a torque multiplier or large torque wrench to torque up the hub nuts to 450nm.

That's if you're removing the bearing from the axle. Instead, remove axle and hub as an assembly. Easy to do by yourself, takes a little patience. Have a clean foam earplug handy to temporarily plug the ABS sensor hole.

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