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Old Dec 7, 2018 | 09:11 AM
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LRDirect has the britpart with a 2 year warranty for a good price even with shipping
 
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Old Dec 7, 2018 | 09:21 AM
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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).
 
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Old Dec 7, 2018 | 09:27 AM
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Originally Posted by mollusc
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).
Rear hub. This defiinitely isn't a phenomena that would be occuring on the front.
Perhaps I should have mentioned that, might have cut down on the confusion.
 
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Old Dec 7, 2018 | 10:23 AM
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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.
 
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Old Dec 7, 2018 | 10:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Best4x4



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.
That's exactly what my oem hub did, and now this $60 one. So dissapointed
 
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Old Dec 7, 2018 | 10:54 AM
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Is missing an O-Ring in that groove.
 
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Old Dec 7, 2018 | 11:00 AM
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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.
 
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Old Dec 7, 2018 | 11:08 AM
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Originally Posted by The Deputy
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.
4 times lol. This will be the 4th time I have to pull it completely apart, hopefully the last.
 
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Old Dec 7, 2018 | 11:10 AM
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I purchase both sets rear and front from E-Bay one of the hubs was missing the O-ring exactly as your picture... You need to put one.
 
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Old Dec 7, 2018 | 11:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Felipe
I purchase both sets rear and front from E-Bay one of the hubs was missing the O-ring exactly as your picture... You need to put one.
Thats his old hub guy. And he said he fixed it. And it's my thread not his. Read, please.
 
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