rananim Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 - i am not sure if this is chiken and egg, but the Haynes manual for my defender 110 1991 says that the swivel housing has a drain and a filler plug and should be refilled with E90 oil. hwvr - mine has only a filler plug and is obviously filled with something like graphite grease. can someone please tell me whether I can top up with oil, or grease and if so what? thanks and sorry for being so green ;-) rananim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 Your swivels need this grease Land Rovers 'one shot' part number STC3435 -- 375cc pack, use 1 in each swivel housing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Henson Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 I think it's all dependent on you having a railko top swivel (EP90), or a taper roller bearing top swivel (One shot grease). Les. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 LR say it can be used in either, the grease is very liquid when warmed up when the swivel parts are working & thickens up when cold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
white90 Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 I used grease but with the swivel seals in place the grease when fluid migrated to the diff oil turning that grey in colour leaving the swivel housings nigh on empty. so I returned mine to EP90 and I check/change as required. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 Must change mine back to EP90 too, last time the seals were done it got grease installed, mine should be oil filled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimAttrill Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 I think it's all dependent on you having a railko top swivel (EP90), or a taper roller bearing top swivel (One shot grease).Les. Not really, Les. My 95 model has roller bearings and three plugs (filler, level and drain). I use EP90. It is difficult to use EP90 with later models because you don't have the drain or level plugs. (Ask Steve aka SCL aka Bogmonster about this). You could measure out the correct amount of oil and inject it. To drain the oil you would have to remove the top swivel pin (which has to be done every so often to remove a shim or two) or loosen the swivel seal. Anorak note: the grease is what they call 'thixotropic' (what a lovely word ) This is not uncommon for greases and especially for cosmetics and cleaners. It means the grease becomes liquid when stirred and sets when left alone. Lipstick and mascara also have this quality. Not that I am suggesting you fill your swivels with lipstick, though it would most likely work ok, though a bit expensive. In SA the LR grease is ridiculously expensive, in the workshop we use Shell SC00 which is a lovely blue colour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daan Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 If you put the wheel on full lock (rh lock for the rh wheel and lh lock for the lh wheel) and remove the filler plug, you can just dip it. I also vote for oil rather than grease, provided you can keep it sealed. I have also pulled the seals to the wheel bearings, so they now live in oil. I found that the wheel bearings last forever in oil and alarmingly shorter in grease. Daan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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