Outer Limits 4x4 Board

oil mixing with grease not good! wheel bearings won't be lubed correctly will build up heat and eventually fail axle studs will break! failing wheel bearings can also do damage to diff housing. you defanatly need to remove axle, brakes & hub clean all parts replace all seals & re pack wheel ...

Thanks for the replies. On closer inspection Ive found that the oil is definately coming from the flange gasket. Ive tightened the nuts upto 33nm as per the manual. All the nuts were pretty loose so hopefully this will stop the leak.

Mick

Thanks for the replies guys, Out of curiosity Im assuming that I can remove the axle without even taking the wheel off, to access the flange gasket and oil seal. Is this so?

Gday, I have some oil on my rear left rim. Its coming through the slots on the Sunraysia wheel. It looks like fine lines coming from the centre of the rim. Its only a very small amount. I was wondering what is involved with replacing the rear axle seal. Or approx how much to get it done by a ...

Thanks for the reply Bribiesurf. Will probbably put some flares on.
Youd think that the wheel makers would be able to offset the rim to fit under the standard guard.
does anyone know where I can get those small plastic or fibreglass flares that screw onto the lip of the wheel arch.

Cheers Mike

Hi all, can anyone tell me the maximum legal track width for a 92 model 80 series standard diesel? I got some 16x7 sunraysias (ROH trak 2) fitted with Toyo 'open country' A/T 16x75x265 tyres. The tyres are hanging out the guards about 35mm. Does ROH make these rims with different offsets? Ive got ...