Thread: Oil Fed Wheel bearings on Disco.. Anyone done it succesfully

You can't drive them in too far they come up against shoulder, in fact I have found people don't drive them in enough and they rub on the stub axle, wear thin and leak. Check your diff breather is clear. My dads 97 tdi was done years ago and probably done 40k at least without leaks.

OK,
I know they are in deep. Might be to far.
i'll check the breather and i'm extending them so i'll make sure thay are ok.

Steve

Originally Posted by shaunp

You can't drive them in too far they come up against shoulder, in fact I have found people don't drive them in enough and they rub on the stub axle, wear thin and leak. Check your diff breather is clear. My dads 97 tdi was done years ago and probably done 40k at least without leaks.

Today I replaced one side that was leaking. I converted the D1 to oil-fed in April 2006. I never thought to check how far the seal was driven in before removing it today. I think it was just flush with the outer face - down to the little lip on the outside edge of the seal. The new seal has been driven fully home.

I'll pull the other side off and check it just in case.

Interesting that you did one side today Ron.

(And long-time since I've spoken with you Ron - please say hi to Elisabeth from myself and Marie)

I changed the rear right hand seal today - the seal had not been pushed far enough in (the designated 4.5mm) - only a small leak but better to fix early.

Did the job on a hoist etc. - I would hate to do it on the side of the road etc.

Originally Posted by Barra1

Interesting that you did one side today Ron.

(And long-time since I've spoken with you Ron - please say hi to Elisabeth from myself and Marie)

I changed the rear right hand seal today - the seal had not been pushed far enough in (the designated 4.5mm) - only a small leak but better to fix early.

Did the job on a hoist etc. - I would hate to do it on the side of the road etc.

Crikey. It's been nearly two months since you and Marie were kind enough to invite us around. I hope you did get dinner that night - we left a bit late! The fuel pump on the Rangie had failed that weekend. Luckily we were able to get home on LPG.

Amazing coincidence that yours was the same as mine. - RHS, too. In my case, it was my fault. Yes, I'd hate to do it on the side of the road.

Say hello to Marie. We'll be down there in the near future to pick up our son's motorcycle which is at the Albury police station awaiting forensic examination. I hope we can drop by.

All the best

Ron

So if i understand this correctly all that is needed to convert the rear axle to oil fed bearings is to remove the seal and replace with an earlier type?
Is it really this simple, surley there must be more to it or everyone and there dog would have done it.

i am doing one side tomorrow.i need to find a speedy sleeve because the surface the seal runs on is pitted.also if you do a search on here just type in wheel bearings the conversion has been covered in detail,cheers

Originally Posted by Wortho

So if i understand this correctly all that is needed to convert the rear axle to oil fed bearings is to remove the seal and replace with an earlier type?
Is it really this simple, surley there must be more to it or everyone and there dog would have done it.

Yep, that's it.