Wheel Seal Leak

**Jock The Rock** · 25th March 2009, 05:10 PM

Gday

I have a 300 Tdi Defender with a rear Salisbury Diff. I have a leak in the wheel seal in between where the hub bolts onto the axle housing

Heres a photo (its the dark patch behind the brake disc):

Is this something I can fix easily myself or shall I take it to a mechanic?

Thanks

**JDNSW** · 25th March 2009, 05:17 PM

Not sure whether that model is oil or grease lubricated bearings. If the former it is the hub seal, if the latter the axle seal as well. Neither is a very big or difficult job. A workshop manual is useful, only special tool needed will be a spanner for the bearing nut.

John

**Jock The Rock** · 25th March 2009, 07:42 PM

Originally Posted by JDNSW

Not sure whether that model is oil or grease lubricated bearings. If the former it is the hub seal, if the latter the axle seal as well. Neither is a very big or difficult job. A workshop manual is useful, only special tool needed will be a spanner for the bearing nut.

John

Thanks. I have myself a Haynes Manual, and a mate of mine just offered me a hand doing it so I should be right

Thanks

**justinc** · 25th March 2009, 07:56 PM

Jock,

That rear axle has had the oil to hub conversion done already when the maxi axles were fitted. you will need a new RTC3511 hub seal, and pay close attention to the condition of the seal surface on the stub axle as this has to be pretty well immaculate to prevent oil leaking past.

JC

**Jock The Rock** · 25th March 2009, 08:21 PM

Thanks JC

Ill order one of them with the inlet manifold and exhaust manifold gasket

I didnt realise they were converted to oil

learn something new everyday

I might do the fronts one day as well

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