Disco 2 Rear hub assembly

Landshandy · Nov 1, 2016

Hello,

Having returned from my Morocco trip my rear hub seems to be leaking oil/grease. Consequently I'm looking to replace it and before I started myself I was wondering how easy it is on a ballache scale of one to ten (I'll be researching YouTube) and also which manufacturer to go for. Lots say OEM but are £50 .

Hope you guys can help

neilly · Nov 1, 2016

Biggest issue as I see it ,

Is getting the nut off and then to tighten the thing.

Also for the nut, original is 32mm but some of the later ones appear to be bigger ( some say 36mm), so make sure you check what size you need.
Plus do not forget the loctite.
Then it gets tightened really really tight.

There is a section in the workshop manual about it.

Cheers

markomate2 · Nov 1, 2016

Good to hear you got there & back!
If its similar to the fronts, yes new nuts tend to be bigger.
My trick to getting mine undone was, remove wheel, unstake nut, refit wheel, lower car, apply handbrake/also chock if possible.
Then remove the centre cap from the wheel, a 32mm socket should pass through the hole allowing you to loosen the nut, then jack up and continue.
Refit is the reverse, BUT you may have to reuse your original 32mm nut or replace with a new 32mm nut, reason is that the socket for a 36mm will not fit through the centre hole in the wheel.
PS Are you going to post up pics etc of your trip?
Mark

brian47 · Nov 1, 2016

There's tight, then there's wheel nut tight, then comes "FT". But then there's "Hub nut tight" which at 490 Nm (360 lbf.ft) comes in at just below "Sh*t, I've done me hernia again!"
Then they've got the nerve to tell you "The drive shaft nut must be tightened before the Loctite has cured." .... No shi-ite.
Good luck and welcome back. We did miss you, but by next time our aim will have improved

Landshandy · Nov 1, 2016

markomate2 said:
Good to hear you got there & back!
If its similar to the fronts, yes new nuts tend to be bigger.
My trick to getting mine undone was, remove wheel, unstake nut, refit wheel, lower car, apply handbrake/also chock if possible.
Then remove the centre cap from the wheel, a 32mm socket should pass through the hole allowing you to loosen the nut, then jack up and continue.
Refit is the reverse, BUT you may have to reuse your original 32mm nut or replace with a new 32mm nut, reason is that the socket for a 36mm will not fit through the centre hole in the wheel.
PS Are you going to post up pics etc of your trip?
Mark

Cool cheers Mark, yeah I'll post pics shortly and even better some drone footage

Landshandy · Nov 1, 2016

brian47 said:
There's tight, then there's wheel nut tight, then comes "FT". But then there's "Hub nut tight" which at 490 Nm (360 lbf.ft) comes in at just below "Sh*t, I've done me hernia again!"
Then they've got the nerve to tell you "The drive shaft nut must be tightened before the Loctite has cured." .... No shi-ite.
Good luck and welcome back. We did miss you, but by next time our aim will have improved

Ha ha having had two hernias recently this slightly worries me

markomate2 · Nov 1, 2016

Landshandy said:
Cool cheers Mark, yeah I'll post pics shortly and even better some drone footage

Drone footage!!! Did you get all "Long Range Desert Group" then!

brian47 · Nov 1, 2016

Maybe something like this might help ......

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/POWERHAND-650-1-2-DRIVE-WHEEL-WRENCH-LEVER-TORQUE-MULTIPLIER-NEW-3113489-/131971664720?hash=item1eba1fcb50:g:YywAAOSw65FXvaNZ

markomate2 · Nov 1, 2016

Great! Thanks Brian, just spent £28 on yet more tools

neilly · Nov 1, 2016

I wandered across this monster for sale a few months ago...700Nm of torque wrench...

Bought it for when it is finally needed. Always being optimistic.....

Disco DJ · Nov 2, 2016

That's a baby- mines a 1000Nm cost £70 on eBay but used 5 times now!
Also need good bearing puller to remove hub from shaft.
Get new stake nuts from LR, right size and not too dear. Get brake disc retention screws too, they strip easy (also cheap)
Takes about an hour, very diy, follow guides and you'll do fine.

listerdiesel · Nov 3, 2016

Into the realms of 3/4" drive stuff.

We changed a rear hub on son's D2, it fought us all the way getting the shaft out of the old bearing, mainly rust in the splines.

DIY job but you need the right tools.

Peter

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