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Repairing swivel balls on a budjet

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Spacemud:
Just something that I heard about and tried........

Recently got to the point of having to do something about one of the swivel balls due to the pitting and worn rubber seal. Whilst I would obviously have prefered to to replace the ball, I just didn't have the money at the time for everything. I had heard that it was possible to fill the pitted areas with filler and rub them down so decided to try it. I can report that after about 3 months it's still going strong with no leaks as yet. I have used one shot grease, not EP90 though.

Anyone else tried something like this?

tomarse:
I was told that that chemical metal fillery stuff will do the job too. What sort of filler did you use?

Got some patches on one of the 101's swivels that could do with a dose.

Spacemud:
Yes, that was the stuff! Bought a couple of tubes thinking I would need loads but didn't, of course  :wink:

The Landy Guy:
sounds like a good idea

mine need doing and i cant really afford it atm!!

Welshbreed:
hmm, still need to clean one on my vehicles up, it's swivels are black with grit and stuff, from previous owner, nevar actually looked at them, but if there bad, i could just swop the whole front axle, with the one on my long term project...

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