Johnrthrfrd

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hi lads have a leaky seal on the 1993 defo question is when seal replaced can I fill with one shot grease instead of oil also has anyone tried the cheat of cutting the seal then putting in with cut at top instead of taking all to bits.
Thanks in advance.
John
 
If you got it immaculately clean and found exactly the right superglue then I can't see any good reason not to cut it. It's a perfectly valid way of making O rings.

Your problem is the immaculately clean bit.
 
Your problem is the immaculately clean bit.

Not half, every time I go near the hubs to do anything I end up covered in oil and grease. Maybe with a new seal that you kept in a plastic bag until the last minute, then cleaned all around it, changed into a fresh pair of gloves and then glued it up....
 
Before doing anything jack up the axle and see how much play you have in the swivel bearings, if its only a little or unlikely none:D then the cut seal trick with grease works well, remember to remove the garter spring before cutting the seal
 
Have you checked to see if the swivel itself is in good condition?

Just replacing the seal may not fix the problem if the swivel is pitted and rough.

Cheers
 
Be worth buying replacement bolts that hold the seal keeper plate on before you attempt changing it. When I first done mine the heads were so small and rusted that they rounded off and were a right pig to get out.
 
hi lads have a leaky seal on the 1993 defo question is when seal replaced can I fill with one shot grease instead of oil also has anyone tried the cheat of cutting the seal then putting in with cut at top instead of taking all to bits.
Thanks in advance.
John

There was a top tip I saw in the Range Rover Register news letter in the days of my RRc, and so before 'one shot' and forums, when you see the oil dripping from the seal just add grease to the oil, so I did with 10 trigger pulls of my grease gun adding grease into the swivel fill hole. It stopped the drips from the iffy seal straight away. So give it a try.
 
There was a top tip I saw in the Range Rover Register news letter in the days of my RRc, and so before 'one shot' and forums, when you see the oil dripping from the seal just add grease to the oil, so I did with 10 trigger pulls of my grease gun adding grease into the swivel fill hole. It stopped the drips from the iffy seal straight away. So give it a try.
Cheers.
 
Be worth buying replacement bolts that hold the seal keeper plate on before you attempt changing it. When I first done mine the heads were so small and rusted that they rounded off and were a right pig to get out.
What size were they can you remember thanks.
 
Based on my belief that Defender swivels are the same as a Discoverys the size is M6x12. I'm sure 200tdiRob will confirm that. The disco part number is FS106125L
 
Based on my belief that Defender swivels are the same as a Discoverys the size is M6x12. I'm sure 200tdiRob will confirm that. The disco part number is FS106125L

Yep that's them, m6X12mm. I bought some stainless m6x12mm flanged headed bolts off eBay though to try and keep the heads from going rusty and rounding off in the future.
 
If you can, always try to use hex sockets and spanners on the hub bolts - much less chance of rounding off.
 
Yes that's correct. If you want to remove the brake discs from the hubs, you need a 12-point 14mm.
 
My bad - the caliper carriers and hub bolts are 12 point, I think everything else is hex. I found using hex sockets made a difference when removing the little seal retaining bolts in particular.
 

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