Broke this one too now.

[Doggy]

Surprising what some wheel bearings will tolerate. Years ago some low-life nicked my trailer and being strapped for cash, I built another using an old caravan chassis I 'rescued' from a ditch. The bearings, (old 100E Anglia hubs), were really rumbly so I stripped cleaned & regreased them thinking it would do for a few short trips pending a better fix. Log story short, recovered original trailer, flogged this one a local builder my bro knew.

He never touched the hubs & it was still going after 10 years of lugging allsorts....

[FarmerPug]

one question about driving a 4x4 on the road, do you make sure not to tailgate like most 4x4 drivers i see in my rearview mirror. If i drive the hilux i make sure not to tailgate but for some reason if driving my car especially in 30mph zones a mercedes ml or some imposing car always sits right up my bumper and its only at the end of the 30mph zone i get to plant my foot and end the blinding of their lights.

[Doggy]

Do what I do - slow down even more.

[FarmerPug]

I make use of the rear window blind now i have a 406, but back in the clio of course i didnt have such a luxury and it had just 1.2litres of an engine to move so getting away never worked and i had to just put the fog lights on. Once i got really peeved off by some A-hole who was tailgating me with full beams on, and despite me slowing down he (or she women do it just as much) wouldnt overtake. So i actually stopped, the effer drove on, and i just maintained a safe distance behind them with my full beams. Theres a few tips on tailgaters like slowing down, using the wiper wash, rear fog light, but i think a proper solution like a more reflective rear window, or one of them led signs saying back off.

[DiscoPol]

one question about driving a 4x4 on the road, do you make sure not to tailgate like most 4x4 drivers i see in my rearview mirror.

me tailgate?? your havin a laugh, Im an englishman in a foreign land, you dont get the chance to tailgate here, they are all loonies on the road, nothing stays behind anything here, if you are behind something you want out of the way you overtake, regardless of road conditions,oncoming traffic, road markings (if there any) or whether your vehicle is actually up to task of getting past what ever it is thats in front of you.

if a gap of more than 3 meters is left between you and the vehicle in front somebody will overtake and fill the gap, its all perfectly acceptable, and nobody gets upset or beeps horns let alone has road rage, i spent the first few months fuming mad with everybody until i realised its a cultural thing here, everybody and i mean everybody does it, from little old ladies to bus drivers to priests and especially the coppers.

my 22km route to work is mostly off road anyway now so its not really an issue and dont forget im in a 2.2 tonne diesel tractor, i just cant tailgate i dont have the speed

[FarmerPug]

i like the system in italy very organised roads there, all great law abiding drivers not one accident at all ;)

[STALLED]

The Japanese 4WD's have a larger following here as opposed to the Land/Range Rovers.

Massive aftermarket scene for Hilux/Landcruiser/Patrol/Pajero - The Hilux is one of Australia's top selling cars!

I can see why, after looking for ages at pickups and really the japanese make them all my uncle decided to get the hilux it seemed the best one of them all, on the other hand we seen a tata pickup which was one of the worst, it was brand new but had unpainted areas, rust, and craked seals.

It's the simplicity of them - No funky electrics with a good dealer network and cheap parts supply.

I have thought about buying a V8 Disco (as they are fairly cheap) - but I just hear too many bad stories about parts costing an arm and a leg!

[FarmerPug]

I wouldnt be too sure about no funky electrics, this 2010 hilux has traction control, cruise control, climate control, and im sure an engine management system and there is the issue of toyotas brakes, though thankfully the hilux is made in south africa and not affected, and id say the japanese know what a good electrical connection is.

[DiscoPol]

I have thought about buying a V8 Disco (as they are fairly cheap) - but I just hear too many bad stories about parts costing an arm and a leg!

if you live back in the Uk parts are a pittance as they are an enthusiasts car and there are plenty of pattern parts available and oem stuff for not too much money at all, the stealers are just that though,

but like myself you're not based in good ole blighty so im guessing that it would be pricey to look for parts locally,and i bet it takes a few days and a good few pounds more for delivery for you if you choose to order from any of the uK based firms i use.

they are bloody good fun though.

[FarmerPug]

there is a song climb every mountain, ford every stream have you played it yet, it seems very appropriate when driving a big landrover.

[steve_earwig]

You are Julie Andrews and I claim my 5€

I'd have thought Flight of the Valkyries anyway.

[DiscoPol]

well after my attempt to quieten it down, it broke well and proper

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Fixored I think,

Spent best part of 10 hours under the bloody thing today, had a seized bolt on the rear calliper, i cut the b@stard off and drilled it out

replaced all four Hub Bearings on the rear axle, once the calliper was of this was a dream of a job, got it down to about 20 mins stripping out the old bearing races and tapping home new ones, grease em up stick in bearing, FILL with waterproof grease tap in grease cover/bearing shield and back to the landy, clean stub axle slide on hub mount front bearing stick spacer washer on, locknut, tabbed washer and then locking nut, I didnt have a box spanner so i will leave that to your imagination and re-assemble the calliper etc etc, that was the rears,

the fronts on the other hand were a complete pain in the arse to do.

all the rears looked in fairly good nick apart from the bloody noise they were making and i think if im honest i could have got away with washing the old grease out and re-lubing and re-packing back in, but i decided to replace with some SKF jobbies from the local factors, not the cheapest but the best available round here.

here is a little pic of the front off side inner bearing on the right and the outer on the left, do you think i could repack that?


the collapsed one had welded its inner on to the stub axle so i had to grind that off and attempt to round off the axle to take a new bearing, i will order one up and collect it at xmas if the thing lasts that long, i may have had to chop the stub up a bit to get the old inner off.

it looks like somebody had replaced the outer one not too long ago as the locknuts and so on looked brand new, shame they never got round to doing the inner

still all done now, and feeling pretty bloody smug about it i can tell you, did the diff oils and swivel joints whilst i was under there, i wonder what will go next?

now wheres that bloody snow

[Doggy]

The outer does appear to have acheived its economic service life.

[FarmerPug]

How do you do diff oils by the way, it seems hard looking to tip the jar up to get it in with it so close to the floor.

[DiscoPol]

How do you do diff oils by the way, it seems hard looking to tip the jar up to get it in with it so close to the floor.

front is fairly easy, just use 1 litre bottles with a flexi spout, there is enough room to get the bottle upside down behind the steering rods,

the rear is a different game altogether, i made up a remote filling device by putting about 1.5 meters of 10mm o.d piping into the spout of an old ep90 bottle and cutting off the bottom of the bottle to make a funnel that will hold a litre at a time i then wrapped a couple of cable ties round it so i can hang it of the rear door locking peg, it takes for ever as EP90 isnt the thinnest liquid but i just fill and forget and continue to do other stuff till its empty then i stick in about three quarters of a bottle till it overflows at the diff, then you know its to the right level.

so even filling the thing with oils is like an episode of the the "Great Egg Race" i may be showing my age here