Rear hub oil seal

Having taken one rear hub apart to see why the brakes were covered in goop and oil, it looked very like the oil seal was a bit weary. Eventually, I got the old one out - I've definitely got the equal-size inner and outer bearings, later 1980 88".

So the first attempt to put a new seal back in resulted in miserable failure. What's the best bet? A bit of heat?

heat seal isnt that tight a fit a flat bit of ply etc sat on top to tap seal home would work

jamesmartin said:

heat seal isnt that tight a fit a flat bit of ply etc sat on top to tap seal home would work

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Bit of wood and a ****ting stick was how I killed the last one... I shall have another crack in the AM.

Q1 is it the right seal?
Q2 are you putting it in the right way round?

With a bit of grease it should tap in with very little effort, if it won't then there's probably something wrong. Looks like it should be RTC3511 to go with bearings RTC3429.

I've used the old outer races to spread the load on the seal when tapping it in but a really big socket works fairly well.

oxides said:

Q1 is it the right seal?

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It seems to be so! (Blue bag apart...)

Q2 are you putting it in the right way round?

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Definitely! <grin>
At least, it's going in the same way as the one that was in there was sat... 40k miles on the Landy, and sat for 14 of the last 16 years, so I strongly suspect it was the original.

With a bit of grease it should tap in with very little effort, if it won't then there's probably something wrong. Looks like it should be RTC3511 to go with bearings RTC3429.

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It is 3511, yes.
LAND ROVER SERIES 2 & 3 - Hub Oil Seal Kit Jul`80 on (DLS266) | eBay

Must be you, then.

Hub seals are not that hard to remove or fit. I've done enough of the things over the years.

TooMany2cvs said:

It seems to be so! (Blue bag apart...)

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Enough said! I would personally have sourced a Corteco brand or similar.
Britpart probably arrived at that diameter by drawing around a jam jar lid and digging out a Stanley knife.
The inner diameter was probably also arrived at by measuring the radius Chinese design engineer's todger after a glance at the Unipart calendar.

Land Raver said:

Enough said! I would personally have sourced a Corteco brand or similar.
Britpart probably arrived at that diameter by drawing around a jam jar lid and digging out a Stanley knife.
The inner diameter was probably also arrived at by measuring the radius Chinese design engineer's todger after a glance at the Unipart calendar.

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<grin> You're probably not wrong...

I'll give this one a shot, then Corteco it is.

'tis in.

I did some more reading, and found somebody suggesting using the outer drive flange as a drift - sho' nuff, it fits the seal PERFECTLY. Well, it would - inner and outer bearings same size, etc...?

Sit the seal in, sit the flange on, tippettytappety with a sensible sized hammer, check it's square all the way in, and we are home fully.

Thanks, all. We should have a four-wheeled Landy with working brakes by the end of tomorrow.

Looking forward to your next post about not being able to bleed the brakes.......

oxides said:

Looking forward to your next post about not being able to bleed the brakes.......

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<grin> I've replumbed the TLS to put the nipple at the top, solely for access (I was very tempted to hunt the bugger who designed those backplates down with an angle grinder), and taken great care to make sure that both cylinders exit at the slightly higher of the two ports. Blimey, that lower cylinder is not easy to pipe up...

Oh, and there's a Mityvac on the way, just in case it still gives me grief...

Britpart OEM seals are actually good. I used the leather ones Britpart supply (the oem spec ones with G at the end). Soaked them in EP90 and they went in lovely and so far so good.

Just because it comes in a blue bag doesnt mean its crap necessarliy, people forget britpart has 2 ranges, the decent one and the cheap as chips bargain one which is the bain of many a land rover owner