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Vehicle & Technical => Discovery => Topic started by: sub4x4 on May 12, 2004, 17:23:31

Title: 200/300 tdi discos
Post by: sub4x4 on May 12, 2004, 17:23:31

is there any differance in the disck brakes i.e depth , or a differance in stub axels on either the 300 or 200.. :?
as ive fitted new seals new bearings and new sleaves for the bearings but hae a problem with the diff oil leaking over my back wheels ..
or could it be the sleaves go in at differant depths? and not all the way upto the center retainer could any body shed some light on this for me please  :wink:

Title: 200/300 tdi discos
Post by: Disco Inferno on May 13, 2004, 11:18:09

hi andy

did you put the rear seal in the the hub the correct way round??

the rear one should be a lip seal and from memory the lip should be pointing inward.
I Also have a feeling that the rear seal should only be pushed flush with the end of the hub as it has to go over the machined section on the stub axle.

Title: 200/300 tdi discos
Post by: Wanderer on May 13, 2004, 14:08:07

I've just put a 95 300tdi axle on my 93 200tdi.
While doing the swap I checked the measurements of everything and they all appeared to be the same.

Can't say if anything pre 1993 may be different.

You haven't got a blocked axle breather?

Ed

Title: 200/300 tdi discos
Post by: sub4x4 on May 15, 2004, 23:45:46

yep every thing fitted correctly but when nuts tightened and locked still a lot of play in the disc as it move back n fourth  :roll: its as if the disc assembley is to long or a seal or spacer missing but that lithium based grease is garbage paced em full of it when pulled it apart it was all runny like snot and dosnt stay in or on the bearings ill try a mix this time

Title: 200/300 tdi discos
Post by: karloss on May 16, 2004, 12:58:31

Cant help with your problem but, I do like the way you describe it as a leak. I've looked at the pics and that IS NOT a leak. It's a raging torrent! :D
The lithium based grease should be fine. If it's all runny and leaking(raging) out of the hubs like it appears to be then I would say your diff is washing it out. Which it obviously shouldn't be. I would say that your hub oil seal is either in wrong or not in at all. Sorry I can't be a bit more helpful. :cry:

Title: 200/300 tdi discos
Post by: strapping young lad on May 16, 2004, 13:05:18

my hub seal went (cue oil patches on the drive!)

turns out the breather pipe was blocked and when the axle was getting warm the air had nowhere to go except through the seal..

cleaned out the breather pipe and replaced seal and all is jubbly now

maybe worth checking breather whilst fixing the seal as this may have caused the problem.

but incidentally that same seal went just before mot and it failed (the oil went on the disc and pad

cue new disc/pad/seal

and an emptier wallet for the trouble cos the garage did it before re-testing