Unknown front axle rebuild, part list?
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looks the same as mine and that AFAIK is a '95 defender axle.
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Half moon on mine.
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jamesmartin
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id use seal frc8221
That's for 85 onwards, that makes sense because the last time I replaced it I probably used my parts catalogue which is for a 1985 vehicle,
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its pre ftc4785 which is a later grease seal frc8221 and rtc3511 both are earlier oil seals
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Maybe clean the hub area before reassembly? You're hurting my OCD.
ftc4785 supersedes frc8221 and according to JCraddocks frc8221 has been superseded by FTC2783 although LRDirect say its the other way around.
I wonder if one is an oil seal and the other grease? Having taken it apart after all these years the grease was still thick and greasy, I could smell EP90 but I would expect a lot more oil in there if the bearings were supposed to be lubed with oil rather than grease?
I wonder if one is an oil seal and the other grease? Having taken it apart after all these years the grease was still thick and greasy, I could smell EP90 but I would expect a lot more oil in there if the bearings were supposed to be lubed with oil rather than grease?
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ftc2783 was replaced by ftc4785 you cant get it now but you can get rtc3511 and frc8221
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its a better bet as it has a garter spring and so will hold oil
swivel ball seal depends on if bush top brg bottom or both brg top and bottom
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If you wipe it off and clean around the outside, if it is a good quality seal, you may find written in very small writing the number on it.
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From memory its a bush but I really need to get it apart to be sure. The seal is FRC4785, I found the receipt for it, from 2010, genuine from Land Rover it cost £4.50, and it was still doing its job before I pulled it off the stub axle.
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its up to you oil seal is better if you get oil in the hub, if its bush its a defender axle and uses 571718
Thankyou James, I'll pull it apart tomorrow evening and make sure.
Finally got it stripped, its a raiko bush with a seal round the half shaft between cv and final drive, I think its got 24 splines going into the Cv, could be 22, its low 20 something, 10 spline final drive, seals are goosed, found mud contamination in the swivel housing but the grease was still thick. Its pretty grim , all the swivel seal plate bolts had turned to mush, swivel to axle bolts were fine thankfully but it may be prudent to replace them anyway. Swivel ball seal was still doing its job but its pretty goosed, front pads need changing, suspension needs sorting, so all in all nothing surprising!
