Wheel bearings?

[c7cornell]

Just got back from Fraser island and found oil leaking out of here, I was told a bearing could have collapsed and broke the seal.

Any help would be great.

Chris

[NP99]

I think you would hear and feel a collapsed bearing, my guess is a stuffed seal, mine looks the same. Only one way to be sure..........pull it down and check.

[c7cornell]

Thanks mate
yeah might replace the seal and the bearings at the same time. Do you have to drain the diff oil to get to the seal?

Chris

[Dominator]

If your only doing the one side you can get away with not removing the oil. Just jack the one side up so the oil won't come out.

[Lieney]

Mate, that is a wiper seal and not bearings.
You should have seals that enclose the wheel bearings that are rubber lipped seals.
I can't remember if the axle has an inner seal, but the oil / grease leaking in your pic is for the CV joint, not the bearings.
The drive-axle should bass through a hollow stub axle and the hub should have seals to prevent diff oil getting into the bearings, and the grease from the bearings getting into the diff.
You may have this issue if your swivel hub bearings fail, but I'd say its just a wiper seal.

[c7cornell]

Thanks for the help guys, just got a bearings kit anyway which comes with the hub seal/ wiper seal so going to do both sides whilst I have the diff oil out. It is due for a change anyway.

Thanks heaps

Chris

[NP99]

Thanks for the help guys, just got a bearings kit anyway which comes with the hub seal/ wiper seal so going to do both sides whilst I have the diff oil out. It is due for a change anyway.

Thanks heaps

Chris

Better to do it all at once as you are....

[Dominator]

Make sure you replace the inner axle seal as it is the one causing all the problems. When you are putting the CVs back in be really careful not to damage the inner axle seal or you will be doing the whole job again.

[Parraeels101]

As above. The inner axle seal is the culprit, letting diff oil leak into the trunnion where the CV is. May as well replace all the seals at once like you are doing