Swivel housing maintenance.

I was going to drain and replace the oil/grease in my swivel housings as preventative maintenance, but I've found I don't have a drain plug in mine. I've searched the forum and gather that the only way to drain the old stuff is to strip everything down. I don't really want to do that if there's nothing wrong with them, so is there any way I can check the levels, or is it just a matter of waiting until something fails?

i thought they all had drain plugs????? im sure mine has an 11mm square bolt at bottom of swivel !!

as above they have drain plugs

no the later ones dont ,

Only if you have oil will you have a drain, level and fill plugs, later ones with grease don't.

my oil weeps out a little, can i put grease in instead?

yes you can use the one shot grease comes in measured sachet ,

if you have grease in there but dont how much is left as it does work its way out into diff , you can put some ep90 in upto level of steering arm when housing is fully in lock you may need something a a stick to get level somewhere near

why not use oneshot?

ok thanks james

jamesmartin said:

as it does work its way out into diff...

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That'll be why my front diff oil was a dark grey colour when checked last week then!

mad hat i will order 2 x oneshot thanks

how long before it works throu?

I've got a question

How do you check the level of one shot grease please

basher79 said:

how long before it works throu?

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Soon, if the seal is iffy as 'one shot' grease also contains an amount of oil in it's make up.

landowner said:

I've got a question

How do you check the level of one shot grease please

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You can't there's no need to, I still have the stuff put in at the factory. One less maintenance job.

my outside seal is iffy as oil runs down the tyre some times,

discool said:

You can't there's no need to, I still have the stuff put in at the factory. One less maintenance job.

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by the sounds of it you just sick on sachet in each side

My old RR had oil and one side leaked that's untill I put a few shots of grease from my grease gun in, and stoped it. IIRC just around 10 trigger pulls so not a lot.

im gonna drain what oil is left, then put the oneshot in and hope for the best