jamesmartin · Apr 5, 2017

HeywoodFloyd said:
Right, I'm confused again - while waiting for time to replace the seals and bearings, I figured I'd quickly replace the leaky dust cap - I've got a genuine LR replacement, but when I look at my hub, it actually looks differernt to ones I've seen online while watching videos on how the change the bearings, etc.

Here's what mine looks like (image below), the cap's lip seems to be under the metal... do I need to take the whole face of the hub off, to replace it, or should I be trying to somehow prise the cap out using a screwdriver and push the new one in? I don't want to just hope for the best and try. If I do have to take the hub apart, will anything else need replacing as a result, or should I just be able to get away with opening it up, replacing the cap for now and doing it back up?

theres axles up to 300 tdi and ones including and after yours been the later uses that cap which is right your drive member is also thinner,but changing wheel bearings etc is done in the same way as earlier hubs

HeywoodFloyd · Apr 5, 2017

Ah hang on, ignore me, you're right, the cap is just different - it doesn't have the lip, rather than it being tucked in somewhere - now replaced.

Thanks!

Brown · Apr 5, 2017

To add to the confusion, some Defender rear axles were supplied with a drive shaft and flange all in one piece so there's no separate drive flange and dust cap at all. Some people seem to prefer these as they reduce transmission slack and 'clunk'.

HeywoodFloyd · Apr 5, 2017

Taken it out for a long drive, no leaks - splendid. I'm still going to change the seals and bearings in the coming weeks though anyway.

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