Friday, Mar 26, 2004 at 15:39
Chrisfrd,
I have only just come back from a
test drive after doing, CV's disc rotors and pads, and wheel bearings.
The water does get in. There is a dust cap on the end of the drive plate which is only pressed on. The drive plate, bolted on with 6 bolts and tapered cones, has only a paper casket. The hub it-self can get hot from the brakes and the bearings, when they cool they will suck in air/water. The diff is sealed from the hub/bearings by a axel seal on the diff side of the swivel hub. The diff breathers do not effect the diff housing this far out.
One of the bearings had signs of water in it ,so I replaced both sides withy new bearings and seals.($71.28 for 2 wheel bearing kits with seals).
CVs had not been done for a while and the disc rotors look a bit second hand so a full day was spent on the front end.
Eric from
Cape York Connections was telling me at the
Sydney 4WD Show that he does the wheel bearings every year,the same as I do.
The maintiance schedule says to do the bearings every 100,000km. That is fine if you just run around the city streets, but start doing river crossings and drive on rough roads than every time rego rolls around or the brakes feel a bit spongy change the wheel bearings.
Wayne
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