Rear stub axle 90 Defender 1985

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Markandliz90

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Hi all, looking for a bit of advice. I have oil leaking into the rear brake hub, contaminating rear brake shoes. I have disassembled the hub to find the rear grease seal that stops the oil coming from the axle through to the hub is in ok condition and on further inspection where it sits and seals to the axle there is scoring on the metal. Can you replace the bronze bush that the grease seal seals against? Or do you have to change the stub axle?
I have also cleared the breather due to this being blocked but I don't want to put it back together without a new seal and testing to the bottom of whether I need to replace the stub axle or whether i can replace the part with a new bush?
Please let me know if I can replace the part the seal sits on or whether the full stub axle has to be changed?
Thanks
Mark
 
Hi all, looking for a bit of advice. I have oil leaking into the rear brake hub, contaminating rear brake shoes. I have disassembled the hub to find the rear grease seal that stops the oil coming from the axle through to the hub is in ok condition and on further inspection where it sits and seals to the axle there is scoring on the metal. Can you replace the bronze bush that the grease seal seals against? Or do you have to change the stub axle?
I have also cleared the breather due to this being blocked but I don't want to put it back together without a new seal and testing to the bottom of whether I need to replace the stub axle or whether i can replace the part with a new bush?
Please let me know if I can replace the part the seal sits on or whether the full stub axle has to be changed?
Thanks
Mark
Blocked breather would have caused the leak past the seal, especially if you have been on the motorway:)
 
Yes thanks, I'm aware the breather caused the leak. However as I have found scoring on the back part of the stub axle where the grease seal seals against I need to know whether I need to replace the full stub axle or if there is a bush that can be removed as I don't want to start removing it and damage it if the part isn't removable.
 
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