I've already chucked this up on face palm but here goes for here...

Doing a bearing and brakes job on a 6x6 I discovered that part of the cause of the bearings going sloppy on one side (left) might have been attribuitable to the center of the spacer pulling freeallowing the spacer to turn and backing off the hub nuts (locking tab had also shredded)

Short version, Im getting replacements manufactured that are a single solid piece, they are not suited for running the outer seal. Ive got a test set on Arkie now and will probably finalize the measurements for them in the next 2 weeks.


Heres the link to the FB post on my business page which has the pics... So recently I've had some issues with... - Rovershed Services


This is the cut and paste of the text and I'll uplode the key pics of the issue.
Quote Originally Posted by me on face book
So recently I've had some issues with the outer seal ring for the rears on some perenties, its the same on most defenders and some discos, The part number is FRC8227.
The issue is that once apon a time ago when Men were Men, Expeditions were Hard and accountants were scared of Engineers, These pieces were a single solid chunk of metal with a bit of rubber for the seal to the shaft.
Today The accountants rule the roost and as the progression of making it cheaper became the norm this once solid piece of metal became 2 pieces of metal bonded together with a chunk of rubber and then a piece of metal, with a heap of rubber and the most pathetic strip of metal to secure the part and finally, they figured out how to cheap on the rubber.
But... Since oil fed bearings are the go (especially if you have maxidrive hubs) most people omit the outer seal (part FRC 8222) which makes the rubber of the seal spacer no longer required. The problem is ripping the rubber out makes the ID of the ring too large and removes the Flat bit that stops the outer bearing from turning the spacer against the inner hub nut...
So I'm in the process of having replacements laser cut in 10mm plate, Im testing stainless and mild steel at the moment, Doing batch runs of 100 will bring the cost down into the sub $20 for steel
Watch this space
the replacement piece.jpg20260304_124410.jpg1 new, 2 failed 1 new failed.jpg