eprothe
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Hello,
I'm part way through changing the swivel-joint seals on my Td5 Defender.
I've done one side, so now I'm starting work on the other side.
While removing the hub drive flange, I've hit a problem which I'm hoping somebody else has encountered and can offer me advice on.
The massive (sorry - I can't for the life of me see how to resize it!) picture below is of one of the hub drive flange bolts that I've removed. It really didn't want to come out and, when it did, it had the strange collar around it that you can see in the picture.
That collar turned out to be metal and crumbled away shortly after I took the picture, but what was it and where did it come from? Has the threaded hole in the hub started breaking up in some way?
The other problem is that the hub drive flange is absolutely stuck in place. On the other side, I removed the bolts and fairly easily pulled the flange off the drive-shaft. I've had a good old go at wedging a screwdriver between the hub and the flange on this side, but it's completely jammed onto the drive-shaft - it turns independently of the hub, though, so it's not stuck to that.
Before I find my puller and try to pull the flange off by the lip around it's end, any suggestions as to why it might be stuck and what to do next would be much appreciated.
Thanks very much
I'm part way through changing the swivel-joint seals on my Td5 Defender.
I've done one side, so now I'm starting work on the other side.
While removing the hub drive flange, I've hit a problem which I'm hoping somebody else has encountered and can offer me advice on.
The massive (sorry - I can't for the life of me see how to resize it!) picture below is of one of the hub drive flange bolts that I've removed. It really didn't want to come out and, when it did, it had the strange collar around it that you can see in the picture.
That collar turned out to be metal and crumbled away shortly after I took the picture, but what was it and where did it come from? Has the threaded hole in the hub started breaking up in some way?
The other problem is that the hub drive flange is absolutely stuck in place. On the other side, I removed the bolts and fairly easily pulled the flange off the drive-shaft. I've had a good old go at wedging a screwdriver between the hub and the flange on this side, but it's completely jammed onto the drive-shaft - it turns independently of the hub, though, so it's not stuck to that.
Before I find my puller and try to pull the flange off by the lip around it's end, any suggestions as to why it might be stuck and what to do next would be much appreciated.
Thanks very much
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