Hi all.
I was servicing my B6000 4x4 yesterday, doing a long overdue change to all the fluids, and both of my front hubs have shot seals. The left hub had about a tablespoon of thick sludge in it and the right side was dry and rusty :-0 , not to mention kinda loose.
I flushed some oil though them and filled them, but it basically all ran out of the right side already.
I've seen a few costs to rebuild thrown around and it's more than I'm willing to spend. I suspect this has been a problem for a long time based on the oil inside the wheel.
Everything still basically works fine, but I'd like to make sure there's some lubrication. I was thinking of changing out the oil filler plug for a grease zerk and pumping it full of grease. Is there any good reason not to do that?
Thanks for any feedback.
I was servicing my B6000 4x4 yesterday, doing a long overdue change to all the fluids, and both of my front hubs have shot seals. The left hub had about a tablespoon of thick sludge in it and the right side was dry and rusty :-0 , not to mention kinda loose.
I flushed some oil though them and filled them, but it basically all ran out of the right side already.
I've seen a few costs to rebuild thrown around and it's more than I'm willing to spend. I suspect this has been a problem for a long time based on the oil inside the wheel.
Everything still basically works fine, but I'd like to make sure there's some lubrication. I was thinking of changing out the oil filler plug for a grease zerk and pumping it full of grease. Is there any good reason not to do that?
Thanks for any feedback.