Axle housing replacement options????
Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 6:33 pm
Well my GQ LWB's front axle housing is bent. Have replaced the seals twice, the leak was visible around the bottom of the knuckles within 5 weeks of new seals.
Anyhow the dealer has given me a quote for the replacement axle housing, which is AUD 2000.00. Now for that price I can do the following:
1) Get a scrapped complete axle, and swap that, this would cost 1320.00 but I have no gurantee until I fit the axle that it is not bent as well, or some other issue, also the age will not be known, as the scrappies here will not give the honest information.
2) Would laminting the axle housing be advised, my GQ has just over 150,000km and the axle bent due to the last 3 years of extensive offroading in the dunes here in Dubai. Fairly short life for the axle, perhaps the axles can't take the weight of the TB42E and bend in the dunes.
Any help would be great here.
Anyhow the dealer has given me a quote for the replacement axle housing, which is AUD 2000.00. Now for that price I can do the following:
1) Get a scrapped complete axle, and swap that, this would cost 1320.00 but I have no gurantee until I fit the axle that it is not bent as well, or some other issue, also the age will not be known, as the scrappies here will not give the honest information.
2) Would laminting the axle housing be advised, my GQ has just over 150,000km and the axle bent due to the last 3 years of extensive offroading in the dunes here in Dubai. Fairly short life for the axle, perhaps the axles can't take the weight of the TB42E and bend in the dunes.
Any help would be great here.