Thread: Swivel hub assembly advice

Provided you're talking Disco 1 era :

1. The drawings can be a little misleading - but with this seal, remember that there is an assembly that goes in after the seal. So cavity leading it is.
2. Two - but there could have been upgrades - it only has to keep the seal located. You can always use loctite when assembling the swivel.

Originally Posted by langy

Provided you're talking Disco 1 era :

1. The drawings can be a little misleading - but with this seal, remember that there is an assembly that goes in after the seal. So cavity leading it is.
2. Two - but there could have been upgrades - it only has to keep the seal located. You can always use loctite when assembling the swivel.

Thanks.

Someone has been into the hub before and their workmanship leaves much to be desired so I would not be surprised if things were assembled the wrong way or parts were left out.

Is your understanding that 'cavity side' is the open side, the side where you can see the small tensioning spring?

So with the cavity side leading the face or outer side of the seal will shoulder the needle roller bearing?

And yes Disco I circa 1996.

That seal stops diff oil from migrating into the swivel housing. Hence being fitted "cavity in".

Originally Posted by BigJon

That seal stops diff oil from migrating into the swivel housing. Hence being fitted "cavity in".

That's the other seal.

This seal keeps the swivel hub oil from migrating to the wheel bearing.

I re-visited a 4 yo post I did about swivels -

Mysteries of the swivel

and in the photo lo and behold, I put mine in cavity out ( ie you can see the tensioning spring in the photo).

My apologies - I must be getting old.

But the photos should help.

ps - after 4 years, there's been no problems with assembling it that way