Overland / Off-Road Essential maintenance. Land Rover Defender wheel bearing change out.
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- If you want to overland the world in your own vehicle you do not need to be a qualified mechanic. In saying that it is a good idea to know how to service and inspect your vehicle along with learning how to perform a few routine repair or maintenance operations.
In this video we find a rear wheel bearing in need of replacement. It was a first time for us to attempt this job. We carry spare wheel bearings as part of our spares kit but up until now have never had to use them. After seventy thousand tough km around the world we think that is not bad.
This video is a basic follow along on how to change a Land Rover Defender wheel bearing, we hope you enjoy and maybe learn a thing or two. I know I did.
Please note I am not a qualified mechanic if you are unsure or not confident to perform your own vehicle maintenance please seek professional assistance.
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Thanks for checking out the video. For those pointing out the high torque on the hub nut. The Puma model Defenders have a metal spacer between the 2 bearings. Each bearing butts up against this spacer and is torqued against the spacer hence the higher torque and no pre load test required.
This is the same for the TD5, as long as you only replace bearings the spacer doesn't need replacing. If hub or stud gets replaced a different spacer might be necesarry
Hi mate my grandad always told me to slide the wheel underneath the car just in case it fell off the jack. Love your stuff by the way. happy wheeling
Good tip, and works on cars but does not work on a Land Rover due to the hight
I still put the wheel under the car sill or axle to this day. If I'm in the field I would even use a plank (for protection) on top of the wheel and lower the chassis onto it. If you can jack it up high use the spare wheel to.
Therefore if the need the 'swing' like a monkey to crack off a stubborn bolt you know the vehicle is secure.
Believe it or not I had a jack failed once and on another occasion an axle stand failed on both occasions the wheel saved my legs.
The wheel give you 8", which you'll be thankful for if the big girl tries to land on you!
Great advice, I have actually used the spare tyre as a back up when doing tyre rotation in the past.
@@jonny-yc1kz if it's the difference between crushing your legs or not it certainly is a good precaution.
very informative, we've never changed a wheel bearing. Thx
very informative. white gloves.
“Bearing race”..well done!, great that this unit uses loose, caged bearings rather than a bearing assembly, makes swapping a lot easier.
I always use brake cleaner on the discs and keep everything scrupulously free from grease and oil. You bet your life on your brakes every time you put your foot on the pedal. Contaminated brakes are really unpredictable.
As a side note some electrical contact cleaners have oil in them. Brake cleaner is a great solvent and cleaner for all kinds of jobs and repairs. Always worth having some on hand!
Thanks for the advice mate much appreciated.
@@GrizzlyNbearOverland Thank you both for the videos! I really enjoy your story telling style and look forward to it every time I see a new video pop up.
Brings back memories!
Had a wheel bearing fail at 70mph on the highway once. It welded itself to the stub axel and needed a whole knew front corner - you're right to replace it when you've the chance.
I was forever nervous about wheel bearings after that :-/
Nice! Just had the half shafts changed on my 110, but at a garage. Hey, it was already there for something else. Bearings were still good. Nice to see you do this job!
Very good job. Its the way I've always done it. Although without the nifty grease packer thingy. Its always a good feeling that you know your vehicle well enough to be able to do this in favourable conditions so that you feel confident in doing it in more stressful or less favourable situations.
Hey Leigh, the outer part of the bearing is call a race! Good vid 👍🏼
Cheers mate 🍻
Well Done 👍 Happy Driving.
Now that you have new air bellows, consider adding a back plate for Brake rotor to minimize heat transfer and stone shooting from wheels.
Thanks for this Video! Ist was very informative. Now I dare to do such work myself. 👍💪🏼
Very informative video ,thanks
The video couldn't have come to a better time, will need to do both rear bearings in the next few days before we hit the road!
thanks
thank you for share the video
Good clear video, would have been really nice to have you clean up the bad bearing n race and show those to the camera
Well done mate!
I’ll upgrade to Timken just before I depart.
I’m using Timken at my LT230 transfer case. The Ashcroft kit for ratio change comes with them. I’m changing the ratio just a bit because of my big wheels, 1.301 is the new ratio, the original is 1.211
This will still perform good on highways and help with fist gear start, which wasn’t bad at all considering the 35”.
Now that I have my transfer case down I’ll upgrade the MT82 output shaft with the one piece shaft from LOF clutches.
The one piece from LOF is awesome! Never have to worry about that one 😉
Great video sir.
I really love your content! Already watching you for 2 years or so.
And about the jack stand, I indeed use them always, but for your convenience, there are also foldable Jackstands up to 2000kg, maybe not as good as the one in your video, but more safe than nothing
This was a nice pedicure. At some moment, you car no longer will be yours, will have a piece from many people, from many countries.... Memories. ¡¡PURA VIDA!! Another reason to love Australia, town names with roots.
Good work!
Hello Leigh! merci pour le tuto de changement de roulements ! :)
T'a fait les 2 côtés ? 😀 le must serais de faire les 4 roues
if you have play in the flange for the half shaft you should think about putting solid half shafts in.
I dont usually watch car maintenance Leigh, but it was surprisingly interesting and informative lol..I watched the whole vlog. ❤🇦🇺🦘
Thanks Leigh, this reminds me I've got to do the Patrol front bearings before our next trip.
The 'Cup' or outer ring is the bearing part name that fits inside the hub.
Marty from Perth
Very interesting. Cool. Good explained. And i like the style with the white gloves for this oily job. Absolutely gentlemen like :-) Thanks for sharing.
That was a very good one ! Carrying also two of them with me for a long time, and also seem a lot of YT videos on it.. one day will be the day to use them and what was learned from YT - thank you for you effort to give us your experience ! Cheers and save travel Axel
Good job mate 👍. I'm so happy to see you use the 52mm big boy !! Wow 😳. All in all great stuff 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks for the great video Leigh. The discussion you’ve raised here has made me have a serious think about what sort of wheel bearing kit I should carry for possible roadside repair of our 2013 110 . I wasn’t previously aware of the use of spacers but your 210Nm had me rushing to the manual and TH-cam 🙂. So now I’m much better educated and just need to decide which sort of kit I should carry as a spare.
As you have and are reusing the spacer, you need to put a dial gauge on the hub to check for endfloat as it is critical that you don't overtighten the preload on the bearings! Better to revert to the older twin locknuts and then you can re-tension the bearings instead of replace them. Might be an idea to sit and read the manual instead of relying of forums, as are quite often full of some poor and bad advice. Correct method is hub to 30nm then settle bearing, 210nm and check endfloat, you ideally want a larger spacer in first so you have some endfloat, then using the chart in the manual select the correct spacer for the endfloat present, then fit it, retorque the hub nut and check again, if ok, stake the nut. Never reuse the hubnut, also always replace the seal, gasket etc... It's also stated to renew the brake caliper bolts as they are reknowned to either snap or round off. Loctite on reused one is necessary or they come undone - wire wheel them to remove old loctite but as said, ideally replace. Also use correct torque settings for things as it saves damage and makes things last longer. ps my D1 bearings are in excess of 75,000 miles and still good with zero play. Just redone the 300tdi Defender axles so they are good for a long time.
Good job Leigh, I do mine in pairs if ones gone the other won’t be far behind, but if it’s still reasonable condition it becomes a 2nd spare or give away for someone in trouble on the road. Easier to keep track in maint schedule
Very interesting, that whole axle set up, the airbags, axle shaft, wheel bearing and nut assembly are all (other then being much smaller) almost identical to highway truck rear axles
Kincrome do a digital torque wrench head that you can attach to a ratchet or breaker bar. It saves weight and space when traveling. Should be around $100AUD.
Ahhh too late I bought a wrench already... That would of been great!
Well Leigh the firestone airbags are great. We have them on a 130 single cab and carry and tow heavy stuff (series landy's and parts mostly). Being able to pump them up for the car trailer or just heavy load on the tray is an absolute dream. Wonder if your have the remote switches in the cab so no jumping out to adjust.
Off to find the grease packer tool now
Good job mate! Always a great idea to work on your own junk, you know you do it right the first time.. On your vid though, you spoke about being careful not to kink the caliper brake lines once removed yet it looks like you tied the zip tie around the line instead of finding a hole on caliper bearing all that weight on brake line and not on housing.. Not a good idea.. Anyways, not trying to nit pick, just mentioned for safety issues.. Good luck on travels! Looking forward to more vids... Oh yea, the bearing part you mentioned you didn't no name is called a bearing race.. I am sure u knew that but probably slipped your mind...cheers!
Great advice thanks mate. Yes I did have it hanging off the brake line haha
Land Rovers are ideal for 4wd maintenance vlogs.....
Hey Leigh does that hub have a spacer between the 2 bearing inner races. If not that torque is to high as it was for bearings with spacer. If spacer is removed you should torque to 30nm rotate disc a few times then back off 1/4 turn. Rotate hub should not be lose. Then set the anti rotation tab. If not done correctly those bearings will fail very quickly if not already damaged with that high torque.
Yes it has a hub spacer between the 2 bearings hence the high torque. No pre load test required.
@@leighdearle5965 pre load test should be done and the correct sized spacer inserted between the bearings to set the preload, land rover supply the spacers in different colour coded thicknesses and the correct sized spacer should be selected by trial fitting the hub to the vehicle and checking the end float, too much end float will require a smaller spacer, too tight a hub would need a larger spacer .Td5/puma axles use these spacers and are different to earlier 300tdi types that use 2 nuts and a lock tab washer.
@@andicog @leigh preload is required and very difficult to achieve with that puma setup I would remove the spacer and preload bearings the old way its much easier than these measured spacers especially on the road. If that space is not incorrect preload will cause premature failure.
@@coadyg yes, I've just converted a friend's Td5 to the older double nut and tab washer setup, removing the spacer issue, it also means the bearings can be adjusted easily to compensate for slight wear. It's a cheap conversion, only needs 8 earlier hubnuts and 4 tab washers, usually if you buy a bearing kit they come with 1 new early type nut and a tab washer anyway.
As stated below it is time to replace the left side as well. It has been carrying the same weight over the same corrugations and likely to also be damaged. Better to do some preventative maintenence now than get stuck on some outback road with a collapsed bearing.
I check them regularly and carry spare bearings. Changing on the road shouldn't be a problem now I've had a practice 😉
Interesting, but hopefully I will never need to do this
Bearing Race = Bearing Housing. Timken is a good choice............Cheers
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Cool comme partage, ça fait parti du voyage aussi !!! vous avez montés des amortisseurs pneumatique, c'est génial, vous en êtes satisfait ? Merci encore et bonne route !
its just like my 1974 Chevy k1500
Not far from coming off hope you did both sides
Where to buy bearimg greeser.
Cheers Lee. 🍻
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Well I sent you didn't want might want to do all the other three just to be on the safe side now where you know for sure they won't go bad anytime soon because after doing one I'm sure the other ones aren't too far from behind that one in OK
I found my torque wrench on a flee market for 2 euro 😅 It goes from 50 to 300nm. I checked it against another torque wrench and it is still perfect. Everytime I take off a wheel I use it to torque my nuts on 200NM. Every overlander needs to have one in their kit. A basic clicking model is just fine.
I've bought one! Definitely a warranted addition to the tool kit after all these years of guessing torques 😛
@@leighdearle5965 great 😃
Important to back it off to zero after using it. Do that and your grandkids can use it
Did you do the other side too? Don’t forget to buy another set for your spares (after you’ve done the LHS)
Bonjour , toujours un vrai plaisir de regarder vos vidéos . J'aperçois dans la vidéo lors du démontage de la roue que vous avez mis des coussins de suspension gonflable a l'arrière . Est il possible de connaître la référence du model , apparemment Firestone .
Merci
Bernard en ( France ) !.
Great job keeping the old girl going , what ever she needs . eh
Thanks for this interesting video! I am going to begin soon a long travel with my Def 130 TD5. Is is possible to share your list of spare parts please?
That chamfer housing is called a bearing race.
Hi mate when did you put air bags in the landrover and what you think off it .
Excellent job!! wich is your Auxiliary Fuel Tank?
Long Range Automotive 70L side sill tank.
Tapered bearings require preload adjustment. The spacers are correct and they felt fine??
Hi Leigh, I notice you have air springs on the back. Did I miss that? How are they performing? At least your spring won't pop out of the hanger. :)
Thank you for the lesson! I didn't change it at home either. So far, everything is fine! But I never got an answer from you... I bought the same wheels as yours. What pressure should I pump for asphalt?
Your tyre pressure depends on your vehicle's weight. Read your vehicles info plate for this information and also the information on the side walls of your tyres for maximum pressures at different weights.
I usually put 60psi in my rear and 40psi in the front for sealed roads.
We are far heavier on our rear axle than our front.
Your rear pressure would be similar to your front if your weight is distributed evenly.
@@GrizzlyNbearOverland Thanks! Thank you very much!
When are you going to have t shirts or hoodies?
Please read the manual on doing this job, the spacer between the bearings may not be the correct thickness for the new bearings, they are available from Land Rover in different sizes so the bearing endfloat is set correctly during replacement , you may find your bearing preload is too tight and it will run hot limiting the new bearings life.
The best solution to these Td5 and puma type bearings is to change the lock nut to the double 300tdi type with tab washer and remove the spacer, this allows you to set the bearing without having a range of different spacers and allows easier adjustment of the bearings, cheap to do as well.
There was a new spacer in my bearing kit I used that.
@@GrizzlyNbearOverland I'd honestly suggest you read the manual, the spacers are a selective fit, each size given a different colour, you would not know what size spacer is needed until fitting the hub and new bearings to the vehicle.
As far as I know, the preload is supposed to be set with an end float gauge. That's what the Haynes Manual describes and what the Trailfitters TH-cam channel suggests too
@@MrDvdelft Yes, I posted a link to the trailer fitters video in the main comments.
200+ nm seems like a crazy amount of preload for tapered roller bearings. Those kind of numbers are for cartridge bearing hub assemblies where the inner races are metal-to-metal. You may be doing this job again in a week or so.......
The bearings have a metal spacer between the 2 bearings hence the high torque.
Yes they have a metal spacer between them that should be selected for size when replacing a bearing, land rover sell them in varying sizes but it's not been checked here.
@@andicog I had a new spacer in my bearing kit.
@@GrizzlyNbearOverland please, read the manual, you can't have the required spacer in the bearing kit, unless they supplied 5 or 6 different spacers! The spacers are colour coded and you'd only know which spacer to fit once you've trial fitted the bearings and hub to the vehicle.
Now go round the other wheels and maybe find another worn out if one set has gone others can not be far behind.
Also with all the wading through mud sand and water you do when was the last time you checked the gearbox, transfer box and diff's for any water sand or slurry like material ingress as with hot transmission and cold water you get expansion and contraction at different rates and as the bearings and seals wear you can get seepage over time and as you know none of those fluids and sand will do the transmission any good, I had a friends five year old 130 turn up at my place with a lot of leaks a grinding noise, wine and chatter which he ignored for around nine months.
It was a big job front diff and hub bearings rear locker and transfer box rebuild even at mates rates he said goodbye to nearly £2,500 in parts and beers along with a month in the workshop waiting for parts. His excuse was he had extended breathers so felt sure nothing could get into the axles gearbox and transfer box wrong.
I check the transmission fluids regularly. Change every 15k km or after prolonged water submersion. I keep a close eye on the bearings and yes for sure the other rear especially must be close to going. I'll change on the road when it does.
Didnt just need some tightening only?
Not really. Although they are tapered bearings to get as loose as they were likely means that the roller cages have worn allowing the rollers to move down the slope of the taper.
When I put the new hub on with new bearings there was no movement up and down even before I installed the hub nut.
I did actually try to tighten a little as an experiment before I removed it and it made no difference.
The inner bearing was in bad condition.
There is no actual adjustment on Td5 and puma axles, there is a fixed selectable spacer that sets the bearings preload, you could, in theory select a slightly smaller spacer to move the bearings closer to each other if the play was minimal, spacers are used on these axles as opposed to the double nut and tab washers on earlier 300tdi axles.
Blue grease normaly toyota grease
This poor screwdriver with plastic handle that get hammered 😱
I really did enjoyed that one! I did my full suspension / brakes / half shafts / flanges and bearings on my drive way with a bottle jack and trusty you tube! Although i will add, i was under the impression that if you did bearings on one side then you should do the other? Just wondered what your thoughts are on that? Cheers! Charles (__destinationdefender)
I check them so regularly that I'll know when the next one is gone. Definitely good practice to do both though I reckon.
I've got another couple spares in the parts box now so I'll change the next one on the road somewhere soon I'm sure.
no brake cleaner? aaaa
When l was tested to qualify. For the State Emergency Service tyre changing.
Using the vehicle supplied jack.
First step is remove spare tyre place under vehicle.
Then loosen wheel nuts.
Now raise the vehicle.
Remove punctured tyre off vehicle.
Place punctured tyre under vehicle.
Take spare tyre from under vehicle
Oops! Jack fell vehicle caught by punctured tyre.
Not your limbs.
Or had to go a hunting.
For logs, rocks or bricks.
By? The way. Did you enjoy the St Barbara street parade?
they don't have spare wheel only tyre I believe.
@@zingaman101 just the tyre would do the same trick. It saves looking for rocks and logs
Bonjour à vous deux , Nous venons de publier une video que nous avons appelé « Les oscars de la van life , Humour et vitriol »Nous nous sommes permis d'evoquer votre chaine et d'utilser quelques images pour illustrer nos propos .
You talk a lot
Why you don't bay toyota 4runner, with this trash land rovers always problems....
Because Toyota owners are the worst, as proven by your comment. I’d rather have a broken Land Rover than have anything to do with the sort of Toyota fanboy who posts crap on Land Rover videos.