gday Everyone

[Axiom]

New to the forum! New to owning a patrol as well!

I just purchased a very clean GQ RXII. Clean when it comes to the body anyway.

I spent all of sunday removing the rocker cover & replacing a leaking gaskett.... lots of oil was coming out while I was in fuel mode, noticed a shizz load of oil coming from the back of the rocker cover down to the road.... Checked the oil after the gasket was replaced and found that the car was 2 litres over the max fill for oil!!!!!! WTF!? so needless to say we drained all of that sludge out and refilling it all this afternoon.

Gotta change a seal around the big ball looking thing where the steering rod connects to the wheel assembly cause that has a small leak.

I want to do a lot of upgrades, needs lift, gotta fix the spotties and stereo.

I'll take some pics and upload, i'm pretty excited about my new ride.

p.s i'm from East side of Melbourne

[growler2058]

Gday mate welcome aboard

[Axiom]

Cheers.

You don't know what part I'm looking for do you?

Regarding the seal around the big ball looking thing?

I need to know what to ask for when i go to the shop!

[growler2058]

What you looking at is the swivel hub. The "wiper" isn't your problem, your problem is the axle seal, that's what needs replacing. Ill look for a link here with a good pictorial on how to pull apart

[AB]

Welcome to the forum mate, feel free to ask any questions and join in the conversations.

[growler2058]

This link is how to replace a CV it shows how to get the axles out, and that's what you will need to do to get the seals out http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/showthread.php?2067-How-do-i-change-a-gu-cv&highlight=replace+wheel+bearings
Post your Q's up in the driveline forums mate, a heap of people with good info don't read the intros

[Avo]

welcome mate,enjoy getting dirty,great info and advice to be found here

[threedogs]

Hello and welcome to the forum,
jump in anytime and enjoy

[Dhuck]

Welcome to the forum mate

[Jayde]

Welcome, don't you just love it when you get another car and it starts taking all of your hard earned cash....Grrr

[MEGOMONSTER]

Welcome mate, surely the best forum on the net. If you need it, you can get it, if you want to know it, just ask it.
If you want to find it, go to the search bar for a universe of information.
Enjoy the sights and sounds of the greatest show on earth.

[fxst78]

Welcome! Definitely axle seal, I just did my LHS one.

[trekster]

G'day and welcome to the best patrol forum around! Make sure to post up some pics of your beast in the members ride section ;)


Members Rides (http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/forumdisplay.php?43-Members-Rides)



This thread has alot of useful threads linked
(http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/showthread.php?16195-GC-Index-to-useful-threads)


Some mechanical threads that may be of interest:


Why Diesels Smoke (http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/showthread.php?12450-Why-Diesels-Smoke)

Checking and cleaning MAF sensors (http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/showthread.php?597-Checking-and-cleaning-MAF-sensors)

NADS discussion (http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/showthread.php?5526-Snicko-doing-the-NADS)


Recovery and safety!

Recovery Bible (http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/showthread.php?13556-Recovery-Bible)

Towballs are not recovery points (http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/showthread.php?5725-Tow-balls-are-not-to-be-used-as-recovery-points)

Recovery: The Fundamentals (http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/showthread.php?1984-Recovery-The-Fundamentals)



and lastly this should be read and passed on to anyone that is not aware of the fact

Deaths from towballs (http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/showthread.php?11239-Deaths-from-towballs)


Last but not least enjoy the forum and everything it has to offer, Don't be afraid to ask questions as we are all here to help each other out!


Cheers,
Eric.

[my third 256]

hi and welcome to the forum a great mob of people here and a lot of very usefull information
best wishes with your patrolling
stephen

[Kwarte]

Welcome to the forum :D

[Axiom]

Thanks everyone, it seems there's a lot going on here and a lot of people around the area with a lot of know-how.

Just looking over those pics of the seals/bearings etc.... only problem is that the leak is coming from the back of the axle, not the front (where the wheel connects)..... I'm working on the fluids of the car this afternoon as well as replacing the exhaust manifold gasket, I'll post some pics of what I'm looking at in the drivetrain forum later this evening and see what yall can suggest then.

To the bloke who mentioned spending my $$ on the new ride..... yeah.... it's a bit of a bugger, but as long as I can work on the car myself it's money well spent.

[Axiom]

The swivel hub, it"s leaking out of the swivel hub!

[chrismcq]

Welcome to the Patrol family