Thread: Greasing drive hubs and axles on defenders?

Originally Posted by sumo

Hi

Does anyone worry about putting a bit of grease in the rubber cap on the drive hubs??. hard to get it to work its way through evenley. I made up a mixture of 85- 140 gear oil & light grease, pulled the drive hub off and slopped it all around, it actually has kept that area lubricated for sometime now. They wear bloody quick when they go dry!!. as i have learnt.

Cheers Sumo

Don't feel bad, I consider it a design fault.
I chose the Maxidrive solution which is to replace axles and drive flanges, and lubricate contact point with overfilled diff oil.

I have heard of welding flanges to axles but best commented on someone that knows.

the above solution includes the removal of hub dust deal and replacement with dual lipped oil seal and removal of internal axle housing diff oil seal.

Originally Posted by harro

I have heard of welding flanges to axles but best commented on someone that knows.

Would Loctiting them from new work - that's what is done on the P38A and Disco 2.

Ron

Who in the sydney can you recommend as seller and fitter for maxi drive?
I could do with some of their parts.

Originally Posted by Deffy

Who in the sydney can you recommend as seller and fitter for maxi drive?
I could do with some of their parts.

Graeme Cooper www.lrexpert.com.au (located in St Peters)

Bruce Davis Performance ( located at Annangrove)

all you need to do to run oil bath wheel bearings/axle splines is to remove the axle tube oil seal (most are knackered,anyway) and replace the hub seal with a Land Rover seal pt # RTC3511 seated 4mm below the hub face and reassemble.
Spline wear problems solved, forever.

Originally Posted by sumo

Hi

Does anyone worry about putting a bit of grease in the rubber cap on the drive hubs??. hard to get it to work its way through evenley. I made up a mixture of 85- 140 gear oil & light grease, pulled the drive hub off and slopped it all around, it actually has kept that area lubricated for sometime now. They wear bloody quick when they go dry!!. as i have learnt.

Cheers Sumo

I always stick some grease in the rubber cap...

As for welding the flanges to the axles, yes it can be done but best done from new as worn splines will just help break the weld. Mine were done by LR from new when my 110 went out on the Camel Trophy... The weld eventually broke somewhere while touring around Oz and I replaced with a set of Maxi Drives.

HTH

M

Originally Posted by Deffy

Who in the sydney can you recommend as seller and fitter for maxi drive?
I could do with some of their parts.

KLR Auto at Kingswood (Penrith) have supplied and fitted quite a few.

Ron

Originally Posted by rick130

all you need to do to run oil bath wheel bearings/axle splines is to remove the axle tube oil seal (most are knackered,anyway) and replace the hub seal with a Land Rover seal pt # RTC3511 seated 4mm below the hub face and reassemble.
Spline wear problems solved, forever.

Yes, but what about that cruddy plastic cap.
Wouldn't diff oil eventually leak out the end?