DIY CV and Swivel Hub Rebuild Thread

**89GQ** · 9th November 2014, 03:00 AM

Originally Posted by tallman

"The Bearing Driver kit Less than $50 and Highly recommend one of these to everyone!!)"

Where the hell did you get that price from?..lol cant find one on ebay for less than $90

Heres one

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/231378144...84.m1497.l2649

**NissanPatrol.com.au** · 9th November 2014 03:00 AM

**89GQ** · 9th November 2014, 09:25 PM

What an awesome how to MudRunner, great detail and pics. I been putting this off for a while now , and now am more than confident to tackle it after reading this.

Thanks heaps..

**89GQ** · 9th November 2014, 09:31 PM

Question with the scraper seal, do you put the joins up top,opposite each other, anywhere ???? Cheers

**MudRunnerTD** · 10th November 2014, 12:55 AM

Cheers mate, glad you have found it helpful.. Yes i fit the join at the top but should not really matter.

**K1W1** · 16th December 2014, 08:09 PM

Hi,

I stripped my front hubs today and found no circlips at all.

My truck has run well on and off road since 2008 when I got it so my question is what do they actually do and what size are they as I will have to go to an engineering supply place to get them if someone could post a photo of one and a size this would be very helpful.

**MudRunnerTD** · 16th December 2014, 08:30 PM

Check inside your locking hubs. Do you have auto or manual hubs mate? Check embedded in the grease.

Note there are 2 groove on the axle. The circlip will fit into that groove. The inside groove is used when you have auto hubs and the groove near the end of the axle is used when you have manual hubs. Put a vernier on it

**Parksy** · 16th December 2014, 08:55 PM

If you pull the spindle off, it has a seal on the inside of it. The cv is hard up against this, if the circlip is installed. Without the circlip, this could cause a transfer of cv grease through the spindle and into the hubs themselves.

**K1W1** · 16th December 2014, 09:33 PM

Hi,

I am out in the boonies and don't have a vernier, I can use a bit of string and work out the diameter of the groove that way. My closest engineering supplies mob is 50 km away.

Is it a circlip like you would find in a gearbox or does it have two holes in it for the pliers to go in?

I have manual hubs and have felt around inside the hub and can't feel anything.

My hub seals are showing signs of weeping this year for the first time ever, is the lack of circlips likely to be the main culprit?

It was the infrequent wobble at 60 km that started me looking at the wheel bearings.

**Parksy** · 16th December 2014, 09:53 PM

This is what you're after
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Nissan-Pa...item43d04315bb

**K1W1** · 16th December 2014, 10:14 PM

Thanks, One real annoyance is I bought a rebuild kit and all I can see it doesn't have is these clips.

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