dantd5 Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 I am very aware over our love for Land Rovers but sometimes fellows listen to Les. He might sound "Cheap" and " Short-cutted"but believe me 99.00000001% of the times, he is right!! Why get into a hustle when you can short cut a move? . His standard deviation is quite minimal!! Les I am behind your trick. It did help me out of my woes!!! B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selectcase Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 You only have to look at the tech archive - Lota of good solid advice from Les There Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigblue110 Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 i regularly do this of daf 4tonners at work. done carefully it does the job and is the accepted method of repair. as the seals are a 'little' bigger we cut as les did but with a diagonal aswel, to add greater surface area for sealing compound, and with the cut at the top of the ball there shouldnt be any problem anyway, not tried it on a rover axle yet but can see the advantage. unless we are doing swivel bearings/balls at the same time i dont bother fully stripping the axle down, remove mounting bolts for calliper and individually the mountings for brake line join on top swivel mount-(putting the bolts back in) bungy calliper to spring, undo swivel mountings for ball onto casing slide the hole lot out, including the half shaft. do yer stuff chuck it all back together again. doesnt take 5 minutes after the bazzilionth time of doing them. (thats five minutes in a non literal sense) i agree with dantd5, very practical sound advice/guidance on all of les's tech items andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Henson Posted April 8, 2009 Author Share Posted April 8, 2009 Aw shucks - group hug "Cheap" and " Short-cutted" You ain't ever taken me out to dinner matey - Nige did once and it cost him £50 V8-Freak has several times and it only usually costs him about £15, but then he's speshul Les Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo Murphy Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 Feel the love :wub: Mo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverik Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 I think its a great idea splitting the seal, but I've always found that there was an underlying problem causing the leak usually pitted balls, if I get the chance to do it I'll be having a go at it. I'd say that one of the plus points about actually removing the ball from the axle is that you get chance to unstick the nasty 12 point bolts and get them changed out for new and get the heads liberally coated with grease and waxoyle. I've always managed to remove with a 14mm spanner and a mallet/jack. I didn't actually know they where a BSF size, I might be needing a new spanner in the collection... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 Normal 14mm 12-point ring spanner fits them like a glove. Assuming not corroded! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffR Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 Normal 14mm 12-point ring spanner fits them like a glove. Assuming not corroded! It's a Landrover, of course it's corroded! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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