| Author | Message | ||
     Gus Moreno (The_cameleon) New Member Username: The_cameleon Post Number: 21 Registered: 09-2003 |
About a week ago I noticed on my DiscoII grease around the driver side wheel. I wasn't sure where it was coming from so I looked under and I saw that where the CV joint is (that area I am not very sure nether technical) there was quit a bit of grease. It did not look like it was leaking and I havent seen any oil in my driveway. A friend of mine says that it could be "a seal" Anyone have any suggestions? Is it going to get worse? DOES THE ISSUE NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED IMMEDIATELY? Ideas of how much? Gus 2000 Disco II | ||
| Dean Brown (Deanbrown3d) Senior Member Username: Deanbrown3d Post Number: 908 Registered: 02-2002 |
Its the flexible (concertina) boot. Mine has a split in it at the front and the back, about 1 inch long both of them. Dealership told me they will replace the whole CV joint (under warrantee) as its all one unit. If yours is out of warrantee, time to upgrade to a better shaft. Dean Ps I would like to know what else needs to be cleaned and/or replaced, because I have been through all kinds of muddy crap with the split in it. Are the wheel bearings contaminated now? | ||
| Gus Moreno (The_cameleon) New Member Username: The_cameleon Post Number: 22 Registered: 09-2003 |
Well I dont have the waranty anymore. Was your wheel making a sound like metals making contact.? I am not sure what you mean by contaminated. Thanks Gus | ||
| Bill Bettridge (Billb) Dweb Lounge Member Username: Billb Post Number: 1174 Registered: 02-2002 |
If your CV joint boot is split and the CV contaminated -then you must address it pretty much immediately. That rubber boot is all that keeps crap out of the CV joint, which will fail very quickly if allowed to run without grease and with dirt/grit in it's place. Bill | ||
| Dean Brown (Deanbrown3d) Senior Member Username: Deanbrown3d Post Number: 911 Registered: 02-2002 |
Bill, Yeah ok. What else can be contaminated in there? The axle? Wheel bearings? Sorry I'm not sure how everything is connected together. Thanks Dean | ||
| Bill Howell (Billh13) Member Username: Billh13 Post Number: 208 Registered: 03-2003 |
My thing is DI, but they should be seperate as the DI are. You don't have any oil in your driveway because there is none in the boot. | ||
| Axel Haakonsen (Axel) Moderator Username: Axel Post Number: 454 Registered: 02-2003 |
One of the boots on Judy's Freelander wasn't installed properly from the factory, and my dealer (Land Rover Woodbridge) discovered that when they were prepping the car for delivery. They didn't have the parts to fix it right away, but they oredered all the necessary parts and told us they would replace the entire axle assembly under warranty as soon as they got them in. We took delivery, and as promised, they replaced everything a few weeks later. As I recall, (I don't have the statement in front of me) they replaced the axle, cv joint and boot. Don't recall if they did the bearings, too. - Axel | ||
| Chris Browne (Chris_browne) Senior Member Username: Chris_browne Post Number: 392 Registered: 02-2003 |
Those Rubber boots do crack on all brands of autos and you MUST replace them as soon as possible. Failure to do so will result in additional damage and far larger repair bills as thw CV joint will wear out. | ||
| Bill Bettridge (Billb) Dweb Lounge Member Username: Billb Post Number: 1175 Registered: 02-2002 |
Dean - in your case - it is just the CV that is affected - but that's probably enough  - Remember the •••••••••• Darby from last year - ouch! Bill | ||
| Bill Bettridge (Billb) Dweb Lounge Member Username: Billb Post Number: 1176 Registered: 02-2002 |
Dean - in your case - it is just the CV that is affected - but that's probably enough - Remember the Freelander Darby from last year - ouch! Bill | ||
| thom mathie (Muskyman) Senior Member Username: Muskyman Post Number: 377 Registered: 11-2002 |
there are "universal" replacement boots for CV's the problem lies in that very often on a truck if the CV boot is bad it is because the CV has allready expelled a broken component that has torn the boot from the inside....This is the spot Alen Babayan was in when I first met him at a dealer near here. CV's are like women...if you have a problem, they are gonna let you hear about it | ||
| Dean Brown (Deanbrown3d) Senior Member Username: Deanbrown3d Post Number: 912 Registered: 02-2002 |
Bill, thanks, that's kinda what the dealership just told me (but I wouldn't have believed them without your backup ) Dean ps Thom they said it was all one piece and had to be replaced as a unit. That of course has to be BS though. | ||
| thom mathie (Muskyman) Senior Member Username: Muskyman Post Number: 379 Registered: 11-2002 |
Dean, from a dealer they do only come as one piece so they arent BS-ing the universal boots are a split design and are meant to go in where age /UV breakdown and other destruction to the boot has happened but yet the joint is still good. they were a god send to VW beetle owners I havent done one on a disco...but I have replaced a number of them on other vehicles | ||
| Dean Brown (Deanbrown3d) Senior Member Username: Deanbrown3d Post Number: 913 Registered: 02-2002 |
Does the same kind of seal come with the HD axels from GBR and T Woods? |
