pioneer Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 Hi, Ages ago I saw a defender for sale that had sealed oil filled axles.. I cant for the life of me remember who made them or find the advert for the defender though Does anyone have any experience with these or know a company that makes them? I think it was basically new hubs on the old axle. Regards, Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 Aren't all axles sealed and oil filled?? Do you mean that a seal was taken out so that the wheel bearings run in oil not grease? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pioneer Posted February 22, 2011 Author Share Posted February 22, 2011 Aren't all axles sealed and oil filled?? Do you mean that a seal was taken out so that the wheel bearings run in oil not grease? Yea axles all ready have oil in them, there not fully sealed though as they have breathers at the top, this one the bearings ran on oil as well. I think they where custom hubs, not sure tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam001 Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 Sounds to me like a normal axle without the stub axle seals? :s Sure it wasn't just a 110 rear axle? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 I agree, sounds like normal axles just with the hub seal taken out, so the bearings run on the axle oil. Only really effective on the rear axle. the front would end up with the CVs running low on oil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retroanaconda Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 All axles need a breather, otherwise you'd have oil coming out of every seal after a long hard run... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il-bob Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 I agree, sounds like normal axles just with the hub seal taken out, so the bearings run on the axle oil. Only really effective on the rear axle. the front would end up with the CVs running low on oil. Why would CVs run low on oil? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicks90 Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 as above - most effective on the rear axle. easily done, all you need to do is take the rear stub axle off and remove the half shaft seal (part number FTC5268 i believe). Do not remove the hub oil seal or the stub axle to axle casing gasket, or all your oil will fall out of your axle! Wish people wouldnt misname seals when giving advice, running without a hub oil seal is not really very clever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 No idea why I wrote Hub seal!! I blame rushing at the end of my lunch break Cant remember why now, but I came to the conclusion the CVs would run low on oil... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 At more sever angles, they could run low on oil, as it rushes to the other end of the axle. Personally I would just run the front axle as the factory intended. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nino Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 my old disco had the seals on the stub axles worn so much that the one shot greese ended up in the diff oil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pioneer Posted February 24, 2011 Author Share Posted February 24, 2011 Thanks for the fast replys, I will have a look about and see about removing the half shaft seal (not the hub seal ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 Originally all Defenders/RRCs ran oiled bearings front and rear, not sure when they stopped and changed to grease. At the time of the changeover the consensus was that it was done primarily for cosmetic purposes, reducing leakage from the front swivel housing seals by replacing the oil with one-shot grease and completely removing the chance of hub seal leaks. The downside, particularly for the wheel bearings is you now only know that the hub oil seal has gone when the wheel bearing seizes up but at least you don't get oil on your driveway... at least not from the hubs I've never had an oiled wheel bearing seize up on me but have seen loads of seized "greased" wheel bearings. When changing back to oiled bearings you need to change the hub oil seal, the newer types don't actually seal properly. RTC3511 is the one you want for oiled bearings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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