Super VXer
The VX service maintenance schedule thing says to repack front bearings, does not mention the rear.
Reading these posts, then should the rear be done too or what? I was under the impression the rear was sealed off and did not need to be serviced. The front however is not under the same conditions.
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The rear bearings are actually sealed... you can't repack them. Now if the seal blows you need to get into the dealer and have them take care of it as you'll lose all your diff fluid if it gets bad enough. They are however covered by the powertrain warranty as are the front bearings. If you remove a rear disc, which is easy, you can see if they are ok, other than that you can check for grease around the back of the disc. My parking brake wasn't working and it turned out all the innerworkings of the drum were completely greased.
Once you have repacked your front bearings on your own, it's easy to do it the second time... it's worth doing yourself if you plan on keeping with the every 15k rule.
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Anyone know how many tubes of grease would be needed for the repack if you were to go out and buy that yourself?
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A little help
http://www.planetisuzu.com/articles.htm/56
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Originally Posted by Green Dragon
Thanks, but that article doesn't say.
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1 of the big tubes is plenty. probably enough to do it twice. shawn
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I'm gathering up what I need to do this exercise in repacking the front bearings and I hit a small snag while ordering the parts....
I ordered (2) front grease seals for the bearings.
I ordered (2) 26mm snap rings.
I ordered (1) Isuzu axle nut tool #J-36827.
I bought (6) Machine screw flat phillips 4mm X 8mm.
Got Grease & etc...
Now for what I can't find: 2 Hub Flange/Bearing Cover gaskets
The dealerships parts list and exploded view of hub doesn't show these.
I was wondering if these are for the Superwinch Manual Hub setup used in the article instead of our stock setup??
If we need these...I need (1) per side..correct? Part #???
Thanks in advance!
Last edited by Jolly Roger VX'er : 03/26/2005 at 10:35 AM
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BTW, here's a mechanic's tip on repacking the actual bearings. Either do it by hand (Cupped palm method) or remove all the old grease and place teh bearing in a ziploc freezer bag with new greash and squish away!
Just an FYI...
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Anybody have the part # for the Hub Flange/Bearing Cover gaskets?
I did a search on repacking bearings and hub flange gaskets and came up empty. Also searched VMAG.
Last edited by Jolly Roger VX'er : 03/27/2005 at 02:41 AM
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