Hi all,

Went to clean up my drive shafts, wheel hubs and calipers etc, so took them off the car. Went to take them apart, so removed the main hub nut, pushed the drive shaft off the disk......and the whole thing feel apart (as per pictures)




Whats the ring I am holding???? i think it must have been a seal or something??
Was that meant to happen cause on the other side (drivers side) the unit stayed together?

Any help is greatly appreciated!!

Cheers

Craig

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Hi-Ho Silver LS1275
Charlieeeeeeeee Come to Candy Mountain!

The hub nut holds it all in... so yes, you pull the drive flange off and the CV can be pulled out.

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That all looks normal.

The ring geos in after the bearing outer and provides a solid base to keep the seal in place. Many cars don't have them.

Pete

That ring your holding is a spacer that was fitted between the bearing ouer cup and the seal. Rover did away with them in later years, but I think they are a good thing to fit.

You might want to have a good look at the shaft on your CV, sometimes when they come apart like that it's beacuse the nut was loose at some time and so has worn a groove in the CV shaft where the bearings sit.

Also have a good look at your Drive flange, if the CV shaft is worn then usually the back of the drive flange (the part that sits against the outer bearing) also wears.

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Thanks for all the help! im thinking of replacing the wheel bearings whilst they are out anyway, not sure when they were done last so seems like that smart option!

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Hi-Ho Silver LS1275
Charlieeeeeeeee Come to Candy Mountain!

why not just clean and inspect them carefiully using a magnifying glass to check every surface. If there is nothing wrong with them whack some grease on em and stick em back in with a new seal.

I was a bit worried about the movement of the wheel, you know when u grab the top and bottom of the wheel to check the wheel bearings, since its unregod they are going to be more padantic when looking at it. I suppose its not a hell of a lot of effort to get them back off.....

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Hi-Ho Silver LS1275
Charlieeeeeeeee Come to Candy Mountain!

Do you know whether the play was in the ball joints or the bearings?

If the nut on the CV was still tight and the bearings had play then they will be toast.

If the covers on the ball joints are tight and they have play then they will likely need replacing though re-shimming them may work if they are not too badly scored.

Pete

im pretty sure everything was tight and you could still move the wheels when grabbing the top and bottom....just figure beta safe then sorry!

Not quite sure i know what you mean in regards to this???
"If the covers on the ball joints are tight and they have play then they will likely need replacing though re-shimming them may work if they are not too badly scored."

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Hi-Ho Silver LS1275
Charlieeeeeeeee Come to Candy Mountain!

When you grab the wheel and jiggle it, you need to look behind the wheel to see if the whole hub moves (play in the ball joints) or if the hub stays still but the driveshaft/flange assembly moves (wheel bearing or worn drive flange)

If the hub moves at the balljoints, then they are worn. The "cover" peterw mentioned is the big nut holding the balljoint together. You can adjust the play in the balljoints with shims under this big nut, unless the balljoint is worn such that it requires replacement.

Couldn't have said it better myself.

Pete