SJ knuckle joint seal & felt replacement
Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2013 5:49 pm
Following post about wheel bearing nut and lack of socket the right side I've taken a short cut and taken whole hub off with wheel bearings in situ.
I'm pretty sure that it's the first time they've been off in 28 yrs ( only 25k miles ) but still pretty happy with how clean and cv joint still filled with grease, felt and seal knackered.
I live in small town in hills in Italy, amazingly local small car factors had 2 sets of felts and large oil seal in stock, but only 1 small axle inner oil seal ( bugger )
The felt and seal came in kit with set of half moon metal retainers. They were made by Maruti Suzuki India ltd. !!!!!!
As stated on packet
" Be good to your maruti, avoid spurious spares"
The felt and seal seem ok but the half moon retainer rings are crap, good job old ones are fine.
Paid equivalent of £ 21 each side for the seals ( how can a bit of felt and a rubber seal be £10 each!!)
To anyone else scared of taking on this job I'd say the most difficult bit is the snap ring removal and replacement under fixed or free wheeling hub and disconnecting steering arms, both could do with having the right tools.
Anyway point of post, have seen somewhere that I should be putting some sort of sealant on with the half moon retainers holding seals and felt in, is this so and if so what sealant should I use.
Thanks
I'm pretty sure that it's the first time they've been off in 28 yrs ( only 25k miles ) but still pretty happy with how clean and cv joint still filled with grease, felt and seal knackered.
I live in small town in hills in Italy, amazingly local small car factors had 2 sets of felts and large oil seal in stock, but only 1 small axle inner oil seal ( bugger )
The felt and seal came in kit with set of half moon metal retainers. They were made by Maruti Suzuki India ltd. !!!!!!
As stated on packet
" Be good to your maruti, avoid spurious spares"
The felt and seal seem ok but the half moon retainer rings are crap, good job old ones are fine.
Paid equivalent of £ 21 each side for the seals ( how can a bit of felt and a rubber seal be £10 each!!)
To anyone else scared of taking on this job I'd say the most difficult bit is the snap ring removal and replacement under fixed or free wheeling hub and disconnecting steering arms, both could do with having the right tools.
Anyway point of post, have seen somewhere that I should be putting some sort of sealant on with the half moon retainers holding seals and felt in, is this so and if so what sealant should I use.
Thanks