swivel ball leaking???

hi all, just noticed today my swivel ball on drivers side is leaking, done a search but cant find anything on how to swap em.......is it a haynes manual job or does anyone know of an online guide?

look in the Q's and A's section - i believe Buster has done a good write-up.

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yep buster's photo guide is very good, just done the job at weekend, main swivel seal and swivel bearings because i had shattered bottom swivel bearings and there was play in the swivel which caused the leak, if you need any advice please feel free to ask.

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You might try draining the oil out of the swivel housing and replacing it with one shot grease. If the leak isn't too bad it might cure it.

hughesy said:

You might try draining the oil out of the swivel housing and replacing it with one shot grease. If the leak isn't too bad it might cure it.

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its not to bad just noticed a small ammount of oil on the inside of the tyre today.

Make sure it isn't brake fluid. If it is swivel oil it's quite a bad leak if it's making it onto the tyre usually it just oozes around the swivel housing itself. Worth a try with the one shot though it cured quite a bad leak on my 110.

hughesy said:

Make sure it isn't brake fluid. If it is swivel oil it's quite a bad leak if it's making it onto the tyre usually it just oozes around the swivel housing itself. Worth a try with the one shot though it cured quite a bad leak on my 110.

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you got me thinking now, it could be brake fluid as ive swapped the clutch master cylinder again today as the one i got was faulty lol. maybe a bit has got down to the tyre. it looks reasonably clean round the swivel.