Thread: disco front wheel bearings???

8) howdy, you must have finding puddles to fall in, yep the rubber cap is pretty important, as it is the outer seal of the cv shaft, i will try to email you a piccy from the m/manual and the parts cd 8) harry
reminds me my rubber things are cracked too!

I use a "ZIp" tie around the plastic end cap to ensure it doesnt work off the lip.

Bazzle

Parts CD??????

harry, mine are brand new!
if they are the 'seal' then i might try putting them on with some
gasket goo! 8O

8) i sent you a pm re email's dw so the piccies can confuse you 8) harry

as for stopping ingress of water, i think its not possible in any marque, not just land rover, look at boat trailers, as soon as the hub goes under water it is cooled, cooling reduces the pressure inside the hub, thereby causing the liquid {ie water} to be drawn in, wot stuffs the bearings.
only in cars we usually travel long enough to boil the water off out of the grease, and we don't sit our axles under water for ten minutes stationery while we mess with the boat, so cars get away with. but where does the salt go? well it ain't boiled off, it just sits around eating the bearings and reducing the grease.
8) it ain't easy to play in the wet with out maintenance
have fun, don't change the other bearings on the roadside
God i sound like bossy boots tonight!!!

[img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img] :roll: Isn't that what being an engineer is all about :?: :wink:

8) yeah, 'sposed to fix it before it breaks, so it don't bust onasomoneashead, or crash.
keep the blue on top eh
8) harry

yep people have no sence of humor when a 2.5ton disco vearrs
across the road at them! :?

Water ingress is greatly reduced by having open breathers terminated in a small petrol filter to stop dust.

As I said earlier a zip tie around inner edge of cap will seal it and hold it on.

Bazzle [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif[/img]