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Water over the wheel hubs is a big deal. If you read your owner's manual submerged hubs requires re-lubing, at the very least. If you submerge a diff or crankca
by ericfrazier 3y ago
Water over the wheel hubs is a big deal. If you read your owner's manual submerged hubs requires re-lubing, at the very least. If you submerge a diff or crankcase those have to be drained and redone as well.
- defrost 3y agoI'm not seeing the issue .. we already ramp and block cars and trailers about every 18 months and relube hubs etc, have done for years (since ~1960 by my recollection). I mainly leave that to my father who was born and 1935 and still loves doing that kind of routine maintainence, he used to ride ring pounders through the Kimberley floods back in the day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47q6RiwcILg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47q6RiwcILg It's just routine vehicle maintenance, make it a habit and tthey last for years.
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- Kirby64 3y agoMaybe routine maintenance in your parts (which would make sense if you're frequently fording rivers). For most car owners it's something that needs to be done... basically never. Can't blame them for not knowing something like that.
- genter 3y agoAny modern vehicle 1 ton and smaller doesn't have hubs that you can repack with grease (except Ford E350), and hasn't for the last 20 years. Everything has unit bearings that you can't disassemble, except full floating rear axles where the wheel bearings are bathed in the differential oil. Edit: I see you're in Australia, so 70 series Land Cruiser also has spindles in the front axle.