AXLE 1.JPGThis is the seal I replaced today after a play on Friday afternoon went wrong, busted seal, busted radius arm bush, 2 flat tyres, limped home Saturday morning, stripped it Saturday arvo & rebuilt the lot today & back on the road again but I only had Friday arvo & Saturday off this weekend, the grease is pouring out after I removed the hub bolts, nicely mixed with diff oil
Last edited by Morton; 9th June 2013 at 08:21 PM.
2002 3L GU Patrol, 2" lift, 33's, snorkel, dual battery, sliders, DVD, bluetooth
Those seals are a bit fragile. Sometimes they get damaged as the axle is replaced. I'm guessing that your axle must have flexed quite a lot to rip into it like that.
My advice is: not to follow my advice.
that top pic is upside down for some reason, I was doing a rock climb & felt it slipping backwards & sideways at the same time so I powered into it to get it over, the front left started to shudder, popped the tyre, I knew I was in trouble but gave it more hoping to make it anyway, rear tyre popped its bead on some rocks, pressure maybe a little low, I made it over sortof by winching & before getting out I was thinking $$$$$, I think the radius arm bush had failed previously as the steering was funny & it moved around under brakes for a couple of days prior hence the shudder, I limped it home the next morning, tyres didn't hold, pumped them every 30 minutes, steering was everywhere, no effective brakes because they were coated in grease/oil, luckily I didn't burn out the bearings on the way home. The tyres are now fixed, previous plays in bog holes jambed bark & crap in the beads behind the weights, I had them wire brush the tyre & rim beads, throw the lead weights & fit bead/pebble to the tyres like the trucks have, the guy says it is better than the weights, self balancing, time will tell I suppose
2002 3L GU Patrol, 2" lift, 33's, snorkel, dual battery, sliders, DVD, bluetooth
Those tyre beads are good stuff. Had them in my motor bike.
1999 GU 4500 dual fuel
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I had never heard of it before, I have since heard of some people use sand in the tyre to balance but it didn't work apparently, the principle seems goodOriginally Posted by NP99
2002 3L GU Patrol, 2" lift, 33's, snorkel, dual battery, sliders, DVD, bluetooth
This vid is a good example
http://youtu.be/eq263AYgyYg
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awesome video
2002 3L GU Patrol, 2" lift, 33's, snorkel, dual battery, sliders, DVD, bluetooth
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