Thread: Front Swivel - Yyyyyyaaaaaagggghhhh!

Try resetting the preload. If it has settled which mine did , the seal will leak

Instead of using oil I make my own free flowing grease by adding a little diff oil to chassis grease and mixing it well. Much easier to keep it in.
Terry

Was it a **itpart seal ?
Where is the leak coming from ? The ouside edge of the seal or past the lip where it seals against the swivel ball ?
Wipe it down & check regularly to work out where the leak is coming from.

Before inserting the seal I run a bead of non-setting gasket compound round the recess so the outer edge of the seal sits in it.
On a Series III a while back the seal sat off-centre for some reason, I had to shim both top & bottom to get the seal centralised round the swivel ball.

The seals I've used are Karsons which are Indian manufactured so probably the same as **itpart or Bearmach but have always worked OK. My 86" was done about 12 years ago and holding oil OK still.

Colin

Will try all. Ta

I pump a half a cartridge of marine hub grease into my swivels and a good squirt of Moreys oil stabiliser . Never leak again and basically last forever . No matter if its an 80" a Defender or a Toyota.