I am replacing my rear axle O Rings and pinion seal today, as all are leaking (no, breather's not clogged). I will take and post pictures with any luck, but have a question somebody can hopefully answer for me.

RAVE calls for STC 50554 to be applied to the axle. Anybody know what kind of sealant that equates to?

 

Red loctite. See below.

Britcar (UK) Ltd > STC50554 LAND ROVER LOCTITE JOINING COMPOUND (G)

I know......LR has their own part numbers for this sort of stuff. Gets confusing at times.

 

Will Permatex threadlocker red (271) work? Nobody seems to have Loctite 648 around here.

 

Permatex manufactures Loc-tite, I think its the same stuff. It will work the same, just clean the threads with alcohol or brake cleaner make sure their dry from oil.

 

Any advise on getting those D@#^ hub nuts loose? I just broke a a half inch breaker bar and then a half inch ratchet. At least they were Craftsmen and there's a Sears close by!

 

So an impact wrench combined with freeze off didn't budge the axle / hub nuts. I think I'm going to have to heat these suckers to get them off.

My question is, if I do that, will I be able to re-use the nuts or will I need to have replacements on hand?

 

If last person in there used anything similar to Loctite red, it has to be heated to 500 degrees to remove. IMHO that would not be enough to hurt a good bolt. Some of the junk out of China today, who knows?

 

The dents in the nuts looked like they'd been moved before, so that's probably what's going on. Thanks for the response!

 

Distributor Locator - Henkel

 

fifty bucks says the hub itself is leaking not the axle seals.