SteveG4TRA
Active Member
I guess the question is how do you get the rear hub stake nut off the half shaft to repair the hubs?
I locked the hub with a bar to the ground, knocked out the ident on the stake nut, used a breaker bar and scaffold tube, total length 3' and no luck. Does one have to heat, belt or extend the bar to 6 ' to get the nut to turn? Or does it have a left hand thread?
Anyway I got round it by taking the whole hub + half shaft assembly out of the axle to replace the O ring to try and stop oil seeping on to the disc. Whether it works or the hub will have to be replaced we wait and see.
Incidentally I changed the front axle oil and mangled the plastic level bolt. Nothing unusual there I guess. Also changed the gear box oil which was the consistency and colour of Devonshire double cream, indicative i guess of water ingress at some time. Also managed to shear of one of the disc backing plate bolts too.
Hey Ho all part of the Land Rover experience I guess
I locked the hub with a bar to the ground, knocked out the ident on the stake nut, used a breaker bar and scaffold tube, total length 3' and no luck. Does one have to heat, belt or extend the bar to 6 ' to get the nut to turn? Or does it have a left hand thread?
Anyway I got round it by taking the whole hub + half shaft assembly out of the axle to replace the O ring to try and stop oil seeping on to the disc. Whether it works or the hub will have to be replaced we wait and see.
Incidentally I changed the front axle oil and mangled the plastic level bolt. Nothing unusual there I guess. Also changed the gear box oil which was the consistency and colour of Devonshire double cream, indicative i guess of water ingress at some time. Also managed to shear of one of the disc backing plate bolts too.
Hey Ho all part of the Land Rover experience I guess