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5th August 2012, 06:47 PM
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Hi Again , took truck to mechanics on Thursday when the noise promptly disappeared only to come back again on Friday - So we pulled axle out on Saturday to investigate - bearing had lost some grease but not all - So elected to replace seal at this point as we don't have access to a press at home but .........
Whoops - got the wrong seal in my spares kit - so bearing re packed and repeat again with new seal in the week .
Apologies if this is getting tedious - more exciting posts later......and thanks for help .
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5th August 2012 06:47 PM
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11th August 2012, 06:52 PM
#22
Hi again , just to round off this saga - pulled axle shaft out again and replaced with correct seal ( $13.80 online ) repacked with grease etc . Seems to be OK but a bit hard to tell in 90 km winds we had yesterday !
Decided not to go to drama of removing bearing at this point though good to know spacer can be a problem . I'll keep an eye/ ear on it and see how I go . If I find something definite in the future on this I'll post a note but in the meantime thanks for all the helpful comments and advice.
Cheers
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12th August 2012, 11:46 AM
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Patrol Guru
Malcolm, tedious is good, this helps others out that are not so determined as you are, so many issues have the same noises/problems etc that it is often hard to know exactly what the issue is, trial & error is par for the course with some problems, but the experience gained today will help someone on here in 6 months when they fall to the same drama, you may point them straight to the REAL issue, this saves time & in some cases buckets of money, absorb the knowledge & part with your wisdom as required
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12th August 2012, 01:00 PM
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Patrol God
X2 with above, with threads like yours the forum can only get better, well done and fingers crossed you solved the problem
04 ST 3lt auto, not enough Mods to keep me happy, but getting there
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14th August 2012, 01:10 PM
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Patrol Guru
Eggzachary. All the info helps everybody out mate. Pleased it was a reasonably simple fix.
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