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nismo2004:
thanks guys, i have the kits now so will be out under the car saturday morning.
just a quck question, can i just undo the caliper bolts and move out the way or do i need to disconnect the brake hose. as knowing my luck it would snap off lol :lipsrsealed:
Saffy:
--- Quote from: nismo2004 on April 13, 2010, 11:47:32 ---thanks guys, i have the kits now so will be out under the car saturday morning.
just a quck question, can i just undo the caliper bolts and move out the way or do i need to disconnect the brake hose. as knowing my luck it would snap off lol :lipsrsealed:
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yes you can move it but strap it up/cable tie it to take the weight so it doesn't stress brake pipe. But check all is well with pipes and hose while your at it anyway - if it weak enough to break from being removed then I consider it a bonus because it sign its over due replacement anyway.......better that it ruptured in your hand than on the road.
stretchy:
just out of curiousity is this due to under filed diffs?? .. hear me out.. I know it sounds funny but I have had this before on my rear axle and when striped down was dry as a bone and iner race would not budge of the stub. hamerd for hours with cold chisle... but then had a failed bearing on the other side some time later and after a dif oil change but luckly becase of the free play EP90 / diff oil was able to leak past the seal into the bearing keeping it lose and in tact..
is it worth just chuking a bit more oil into the diff ??
just a thort :-k
Range Rover Blues:
Not sure about that, bearings run in grease (on cars and at this speed they do) and the CV joint sits in oil/one shot grease, the diff in oil. If the diff blew all it's oil out through a hub it would wash the grease away but the oil would still lubricate for ages, until it dried up in fact. the diff uses very similar bearings sat in oil with no problems at all.
I'd be more tempted to suspect it's got water in that has washed out the grease and left it dry, but you can tell much better with the hub sat in front of you than looking at ap icture on 't'net.
Saffy:
I think there is more than one person out there that replace bearings dry straight from packet with only their storage lube
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