Well we pulled the front wheels off on Saturday to replace them with something driveable and found a lot of play in the drivers side front wheel bearing.
On pulling down the drive flanges we found the stub shafts on both side and flanges stripped out (explains no front drive). continued on stripping and found
the swivel hut seal faulty and totally dry. The lower steering lever bearing had collapsed and rusted onto the swivel pin. I had to take it out as one piece and it is now soaking. A bit of heat will be needed to separate them. The axle seal looks fine but the swivel hub bearing and everything around there has gotten a bit hot by the colour of it, so now it's a shopping list to rebuild the front end. The swivel pins look ok as do the swivel balls and hubs, but I may soak the steel hubs in molasses to clean the up for re use.
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