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How do I drain my swivels ??

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hobbit:
If you just want to change the swivel seal, the easiest way I find is to unbolt the calipre, hang it up out of the way without disturbing the hydraulics

Crack off the steering joints required to release that hub
Then undo the ring of bolts that hold the whole hub onto the axle, you can then withdraw the whole hub and halfshaft assembly in one go

Dont forget to get a gasket to replace the hub to axle one

Make sure you can undo all the bolts on the hub before you remove them, sometimes they can be a swine and may need some easing spray to soak then first

Range Rover Blues:
That springy thing is part of the oil seal, if it's come adrift you may have a problem.

Just a tip but with the one-shot I like to fill the swivel via the stub axle (more difficult on an ABD car, pointless in fact) as this gets the grease straight into the CV joint and thus flung on to the to swivel bearing.

Don't be surprised if the one-shot looks moire like oil after a couple of months either.

BTW, I've taken to using Lucas oil's hub oil rather than one-shot.  The top bearing gets lubricated better and it leaks no worse than one-shot becasue it's a tacky oil.

andrew2986:
Thanks for the replys guys, will pop a new seal on next weekend

Andy

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