90 300tdi swivel joint inspection

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• Jul 30, 2016

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My 90 was stood for 4 years without turning a wheel all was dry for a week or two but recently one of the swivel joints started leaking so I ordered a new seal and retainer, starting the strip down today I noticed the swivel ball was partially rusted, so an idea right in thinking that this probably ragged the seal when that portion of the ball rotated inwards towards the rubber seal.
What's the best way forward buy a swivel kit and renew?

 

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• Jul 30, 2016

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Probably, but a picture is worth a thousand words - if the surface is pitted, then probably best to bin it, but if its only slight, then the one shot grease might stay inside....

 

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• Jul 30, 2016

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Disco1BFG said:

Probably, but a picture is worth a thousand words - if the surface is pitted, then probably best to bin it, but if its only slight, then the one shot grease might stay inside....

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Coops 1971 said:

My 90 was stood for 4 years without turning a wheel all was dry for a week or two but recently one of the swivel joints started leaking so I ordered a new seal and retainer, starting the strip down today I noticed the swivel ball was partially rusted, so an idea right in thinking that this probably ragged the seal when that portion of the ball rotated inwards towards the rubber seal.
What's the best way forward buy a swivel kit and renew?

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• Jul 30, 2016

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So guessing this is not classed as light pitting!

 

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• Jul 30, 2016

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Well, when I said a picture - I did mean a picture after you'd cleaned all the crud orf it

Buuut.... , if that is all rust, rather than crud ontop of rust, then they are probably toast

 

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• Jul 31, 2016

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Is that rust or crud? Hard to tell tell, but looks like rust. Seals are perished anyway.

 

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• Jul 31, 2016

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Your going to be into taking the balls off to renew the seals anyway so might as well buy the kit and do the whole lot in one go.