oily wheel?

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jack56

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:confused: I wonder if you kind gents could advise me. I have oil coming from my hub and onto my wheel at the rear. I have checked the brake fluid and it seems fine and topped. I have not had the wheel off yet but underneath at the back of the hub all seems dry. Please adive a bloke with no clue??
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:confused: I wonder if you kind gents could advise me. I have oil coming from my hub and onto my wheel at the rear. I have checked the brake fluid and it seems fine and topped. I have not had the wheel off yet but underneath at the back of the hub all seems dry. Please adive a bloke with no clue??
Cheers

http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f8/discovery-2-rear-hubs-42619.html

Hub nut is 1-1/4" or 32mm in size, I personally prefer to use the 1-1/4 as its a "better fit" on the hub nut.
Either will do though and a 6 point socket is best.

You will need a good size bar to "break" the torque of the hub nut, and a big torque wrench to do 360 LBS ft when re fitting it, a new hub nut is recommended as well

As far as your leak goes, well there is 2 seals at the hub end of the axle, if its the "O" ring that's gone, then its simply a case of removing the hub and replacing the seal, however the hub has an "integral" seal as well, if that's gone then its new hub time + the new "O" ring as you will have it apart anyway.:(

By the sounds of your description, it seems it may be the hub seal itself, to be sure though, clean it all down and have another look after a few miles of driving to be sure where its coming from as the hubs are not cheap if it isn't that...
 
:confused: I wonder if you kind gents could advise me. I have oil coming from my hub and onto my wheel at the rear. I have checked the brake fluid and it seems fine and topped. I have not had the wheel off yet but underneath at the back of the hub all seems dry. Please adive a bloke with no clue??
Cheers
o ring will be leaking if you have no abs lights ,you can jack axle up high that side loosen the 4 hub bolts create a gap between hub and case clean well and silicone between the 2 the retighten the 4 bolts
 
hub nuts on my defender are 52mm and you can change the seals your self the seals are 2 0r 3 pounds i have replaced all of mine becuse i had the same problem as you and you can buy a hub nut tool on ebay for about 10 pounds.mine were the inner seals
 
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