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discovery wheel bearing play after 50 miles after fitting

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windowlicker:
hi cheers for the advice but after reading a few threads on here i found the inner seals should be fitted into the hub and then pushed in another 4mm but i just pushed them 4mm onto the hub so prob need some new seals again now:shock:

i could of done with your info an hour ago as i have just nipped then up with a socket and backed them off half a turn instead of doing them hand tight :oops:

many thanks
kev

windowlicker:
oh and as for the disc it now sits central :D

Budgie:
I normally tap the seal until the outer lip is just touching the hub, providing that's the type of seal you've got for yours otherwise I put them in so the outer edge is flush with the outer edge of the hub.

The old bearing outer is great for putting these seals in!!  :wink:

Also a wipe of grease around the lip of the seal before you put it back on the stub axle will make it last longer.  :wink:

Mace:
Long term it's worth getting a small bar and filing a 4mm notch into it and use it to measure the seal depth. I found the seal was my problem too, 1st time I ever did wheel bearings. If it's not deep enough the bearings don't initial sit home and then work loose.

Range Rover Blues:
I've done exactly the same.  I find if you try adjusting the bearings with a new seal in place as per the manula you can't feel any endfloat, so I'd gues you had them tight up against the seal, not the bearing.  The land rover seal is an odd design with an extra lip on the vertical face.  Anyway, if the dirsk is now central and the bearings now tight then see how it goes for a couple of days.  I'd suggest you leave the seal for now, if you set it in by 4mm then it won't have worn any further than it should, if you didn't however you'l find that lip is no longer there.


BTW even with my bearings done up quite tight I still find my brake pedal dissaperas a bit when I've driven off-road untill I pump the pedal, so there is still some movement there.

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