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18 Oct 2011 15:46 #23940 by shootinginger@yahoo.co.uk
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ive noticed one of my front swivel joints is leaking can anyone help?

been told its the seal, but how do you drain it and refill it?

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18 Oct 2011 15:51 #23941 by p1ngu32
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There is nothing in there to drain, just a bit of grease, the oil will be leaking through from your halfshaft oil seal beacause your king pins are worn. You will likely need to do the kingpin bearings oil seal and dust seals to cure it.

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18 Oct 2011 15:56 #23942 by shootinginger@yahoo.co.uk
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o right, are the seals much and take long to do?

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18 Oct 2011 16:14 #23943 by shootinginger@yahoo.co.uk
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so what will i need? kingpin bearings, oil seals, dust seals? and what is the prosess of doing it?

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18 Oct 2011 16:22 #23944 by facade
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There is a "How to" in the Information section here.

You need a pair of bearings and a halfshaft oil seal, Martin sells a kit in the shop.
Get a pot of the waterproof grease Martin sells as well.
You can get the swivel seal off eBay for about £24, so I'd refit the old one unless it is badly chewed up.

If it suddenly breaks, go back to the last thing that you did before it broke and start looking there :)

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18 Oct 2011 16:42 #23949 by p1ngu32
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shootinginger@yahoo.co.uk wrote: o right, are the seals much and take long to do?


Its not a difficult job if you have a decent set of tools, martins guide is pretty good, you shouldn't have too much problems doing it yourself if you follow that, as facade says you can reuse the swivel seals, they are the big seals that the oil looks like it is currently leaking out of. Mine were brittle and old and i go through water regularily so just changed them as well.

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