eBay hubs leaking. Alternatives?
is your leaking one a front hub or a rear hub? i had no problems with the cheapo front hub i installed on one truck, and am about to install a cheap rear hub on the new truck (provided i can get the wheel off).
Perhaps I should have mentioned that, might have cut down on the confusion.
I’ve had one OEM rear hub leak gear oil on an 04 D2 I had years ago. Drove it home, at slow speeds I heard a nasty sound. Found the RR brakes were metal to metal! They weren’t when I test drove it lol, then I saw gear oil had contaminated it & that was that. Got her home & the hub was full of 80/90w, slapped on a 60.00 hub & it never did it again.
I’ve had one OEM rear hub leak gear oil on an 04 D2 I had years ago. Drove it home, at slow speeds I heard a nasty sound. Found the RR brakes were metal to metal! They weren’t when I test drove it lol, then I saw gear oil had contaminated it & that was that. Got her home & the hub was full of 80/90w, slapped on a 60.00 hub & it never did it again.
No confusion, well besides the usual stuff I wake up with, about it being the rear hub. When you mentioned o-ring...figured rear. Anyhow, still weird that a brand new hub doesn't have a good enough seal to hold back axle fluid. Can see a wasted/wobbled out hub loosing its ability, but darn...a new one...no way it should do that. Stinks, that you have to do the job twice.
Brian.
Brian.
No confusion, well besides the usual stuff I wake up with, about it being the rear hub. When you mentioned o-ring...figured rear. Anyhow, still weird that a brand new hub doesn't have a good enough seal to hold back axle fluid. Can see a wasted/wobbled out hub loosing its ability, but darn...a new one...no way it should do that. Stinks, that you have to do the job twice.
Brian.
Brian.
Thats his old hub guy. And he said he fixed it. And it's my thread not his. Read, please.


