fixed to broke in 3 miles

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fixed to broke in 3 miles

Post by 4eye » Mon Sep 20, 2010 6:59 pm

The other day i fitted my fixed rear prop and was a happy little 4x4'r........drove to work and all was fine bar a little clunk on pulling away. On the way home ,going down wick hill i had a bit of kick back from the break pedal on breaking, so when i arrived home had a lil ivestigation .......Image :cry:

then i looked over to my left.....Image :roll: :roll: :roll:
its a good thing i love my lil brum! :P :lol: :P
ITS NOT LEAKING OIL...........SHE'S MARKIN HER TERRITORY!!!!!!!!

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Re: fixed to broke in 3 miles

Post by Tramp » Mon Sep 20, 2010 9:16 pm

most people mange to break their sj's ragging them off road! did you manage to hole a brake seal?


don't all sj's leak from the front cv housing? your is just a little wetter than most!

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Re: fixed to broke in 3 miles

Post by 4eye » Mon Sep 20, 2010 10:35 pm

cv housing never used to leak and i haven't looked in the drum yet as I'm a tad busy with decorating/gutting my house...hope to take a gander this sunday...need to fix it before the cold weather sets in.....just cash is tighter than a nuns at the mo..... :P

how's thing anywho.....all good i hope 8-)
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Re: fixed to broke in 3 miles

Post by ScottieJ » Tue Sep 21, 2010 12:21 pm

the front is just the inner oil seal, easy to fix and nice and cheap :mrgreen: is it oil or brake fluid on the rear??? if it's oil its most likely the bearing has failed causing the oil seal to fail, new bearing kit time me thinks :mrgreen: you should be able to fix it all for under £50 :mrgreen:
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Re: fixed to broke in 3 miles

Post by 4eye » Sun Sep 26, 2010 2:53 pm

after more than a few whacks with the old hard rubber mallet the drum casing finally loosened.....
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ITS NOT LEAKING OIL...........SHE'S MARKIN HER TERRITORY!!!!!!!!

my ride.........:4eye:

+2 lift....grizzley boots is all i need!

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Re: fixed to broke in 3 miles

Post by 4eye » Thu Oct 07, 2010 10:50 pm

[quote="scottiej410"]the front is just the inner oil seal, easy to fix and nice and cheap :mrgreen: is it oil or brake fluid on the rear??? if it's oil its most likely the bearing has failed causing the oil seal to fail, new bearing kit time me thinks :mrgreen: you should be able to fix it all for under £50 :mrgreen:[/quote

the wife phoned the dude for my parts i need (as she has time to spare :P ) asked for the seal on the front but he knew not of wat she were on about.?? just to be clear it is called.... inner oil seal.
ITS NOT LEAKING OIL...........SHE'S MARKIN HER TERRITORY!!!!!!!!

my ride.........:4eye:

+2 lift....grizzley boots is all i need!

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