oooops! what if...

[dirtydog]

...I forgot to replace this O ring?
http://www.toyotasurf.asn.au/techsite/Images/rb7.jpg
none came in the Roughtrax kit and I may have possibly left it out. Can I drive it or not? I dont want diff oil ruining my new shoes!

[dirtydog]

mmmmmmm bump

[Antshiel]

Can't see anything,


Must be the fog.

[Woodzie]

The link don't work so we cannot help tim as don't know what you is on about

[nero279]

The link don't work so we cannot help tim as don't know what you is on about

it did that to me last night, then it appeared, now it's gone again, the link looks fine so i dunno why it's not working but it's on my photobucket now. Still can't answer the question though.

[dirtydog]

cheers Nero - it was for some reason playing around.
I havent driven it to work and I could play around later but ill have to take the half shaft out again. I have fitted new shoes so I think I can take the shaft out without removing them again by disconnecting the handbrake cable (what a pain to connect that was!).

[Woodzie]

Imho you will be kicking yourself if they fail in 6 months time ........the blueprint kit i used had them in so i replaced them......Then again it also had bearing grease which i didn't need

[NiftyNev]

The O-ring is to stop oil leakage between the axle housing flange and the bearing retainer flange so yes it will leak.

Nev

[dirtydog]

yeah I thought as much! ill have to put it back in tonight - weird that the kit didnt contain it though?

[nero279]

just a quick q as i think people are reading it 2 different ways,

did you forget to replace it as in forgot to swap it for a new one, so the old one's still there? or forget to replace it as in forgot to put it back so there's currently not one there at all?

edit: i guess the above post clears that up then

[NiftyNev]

Rear bearing kit should have 5 items. The Bearing, Bearing Retainer. Inner and Outer Seal and the O-ring. They do list all these as separate items. The O-ring is here -

http://www.toyotahilux.com/?doc=16&cid=147&vid=234

I wonder if they used that pic with permission from the photographer. A bit cheeky pinching it off the Aussie Surf Site.

Nev

[dirtydog]

Rear bearing kit should have 5 items. The Bearing, Bearing Retainer. Inner and Outer Seal and the O-ring. They do list all these as separate items. The O-ring is here -

http://www.toyotahilux.com/?doc=16&cid=147&vid=234

I wonder if they used that pic with permission from the photographer. A bit cheeky pinching it off the Aussie Surf Site.

Nev

is a bit cheeky - i bought this kit with no O ring

currently there is no seal in as I forgot to replace it but have only driven it a couple of meters to get it off the pavement since then.

[yoshie]

[QUOTE=currently there is no seal in as I forgot to replace it but have only driven it a couple of meters to get it off the pavement since then.[/QUOTE]

Think you have answered your own question "currently there is no seal"
Sorry mate get it off and do it right no choice

[NiftyNev]

is a bit cheeky - i bought this kit with no O ring

I suggest you guys have a word to someone at Roughtrax and ask them to include the o-ring in the kit. It's a bit silly to replace all the other bits and not the o-ring. The diagram they show has this, but it's not hi-lighted.

http://www.toyotahilux.com/?doc=16&cid=147&vid=1072

Nev

[fatfires]

I have bought 2 axle sets (4 bearing sets )from roughtrax and none of them had the o ring, I reused the old utilising a bit of silicone as insurance, it aint leaked yet. I do happen to think that they should be included in the bearing kit, but once you got it stripped it's a bit late if you rely on your truck!!