While my Florida Land Rover Club buddies were at the spring rally, I set out to address a "clunk" noise that occured when turning side to side

Roof rack removed, cleaned and prepped for surgery



I had no history on the wheel bearings so they were first on my list



Going in



Come to find out the passenger side CV splines and drive flange were extremely worn (will add pic)



Both half shafts and driver's side CV looked good



Sitting, waiting for parts



Went with a set of used CV axles and drive flanges from Paul Grant



I also decided to rebuild the swivel ***** since I was in this far



Fender removed for snorkel install



Inner seal was leaking



Bench reset for the rebuild

 

Took a chance on the Britpart kit from Lucky 8



Teflon ***** were in great condition



Bottom race was easy enough



This one required some effort



No more grey diff oill



Painted the housing & stub axle



Salvaging my worn CV to seat the bearing



Pressing it past the thrust ring



Assembled with preload set



Installed



Shiny



Bearings were next



Went with the RTC3511 per the consensus



Driver's side complete!

 

Looks like a big job accomplished. Nice work.

Brian.

 

After doing the driver's side this one me took 1/2 as long



Clever trick for these bolts, 12pt ratcheting Gearwrench is key



Down



Clean and waiting



Keeping the old parts close by



Driving out the races



Pretty much a pro at this point



Backyard spray booth



Rustoleoum gloss black



Home stretch



My "new" CV in much better condition



Fresh bearings



Job done

 

Nicely done. Quick question, does the front diff need to be drained? In other words, does the gear oil flow up into the axle tubes?

 

Love this build. Pretty cool that you have a rarity and you still drive/wheel it.

 

Thanks Walt, yes the front diff needs to be drained, the shiny collar on the half shaft (behind the CV) rides in the swivel ball seal preventing the gear oil and one shot grease from mixing.

Apparently some people leave that seal out and allow the gear oil to lubricate the swivel ***** / bearings but I chose to rebuild according to spec

 

Thanks Shift! Your black D1 was a thing of beauty.

If the truck was all original when I got it then I wouldn't dream of hacking it up (not that I could afford to)

But since it was already used and abused I figured just keeping it running and on the trail was doing her justice.

 

Right. Of course....thus the seal. duh. thanks Florida

 

During the front end service I mocked up the used Mantec I got from Joe!



Found the template online somewhere, possibly DiscoWeb?



After a few progressive cuts I got a nice shape



I also swapped out a rusty wheel with one of the donor rims



Obviously I couldn't install my new snorkel over this faded A pillar



And fishEh inspired me to paint my inner fenders sooo....



Taped up



Refreshed A Pillar



Mud / water protection



Which led to treating the rust below the brake master



Enhance



Treated



From below



Prepped



Apparently I didn't take pics after painting the wheel well so will update later...