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My passenger side swivel on the front axle is "dribbling" very slowly. The ball itself seems smooth and undamaged - no obvious rust or pock marks.
It seems odd that you have to remove the front hub and remove the swivel ball to replace the seal on the ball. That's quite a bit of work. Surely it should be possible to just pull out the leaking seal, cut the new seal on an angle, slip it into the slot in the inner face of the hub (with the cut at 12 o'clock) and put the ring back + a tube of "one shot". Certainly a lot less effort...
Someone must have tried this before or am I over looking something very important?
It seems odd that you have to remove the front hub and remove the swivel ball to replace the seal on the ball. That's quite a bit of work. Surely it should be possible to just pull out the leaking seal, cut the new seal on an angle, slip it into the slot in the inner face of the hub (with the cut at 12 o'clock) and put the ring back + a tube of "one shot". Certainly a lot less effort...
Someone must have tried this before or am I over looking something very important?