Starting a knuckle rebuild on my LX450 tonight if anyone wants to join | 05-08-2018 (1 Viewer)

[Chachi254]

Hello fellow NE Clubhousers,

I live in central Lincoln and will be starting a rebuild of my LX450 knuckles tonight after 3:30pm. My drivers side inner axle shaft seal is leaking very badly so I ordered a knuckle/axel/bearing rebuild kit from Marlin Crawler.

I've never done a knuckle rebuild before so I'm looking for all the help and experience I can get! I'll be this guide to rebuild mine --> following Front Axle Rebuild - For FAQ

Feel free to hit me up if you're looking for something to do tonight.

My name is Chase.

 

[MTN Seeker]

How did the rebuild go? Smooth as you hoped? I'll probably be doing it this next winter.

 

[Chachi254]

How did the rebuild go? Smooth as you hoped? I'll probably be doing it this next winter.

I finished one half of it this weekend, the bad half, and let me tell you... it was a lot of reallllyyy messy work haha. It wouldn't have been so difficult or time consuming if I hadn't decided to replace the knuckle bearings. You'll definitely want a bearing-race puller/seater tool, and a seal puller as well for the hub itself. The worst part was probably just the sheer messiness of it.

I'm planning to do the passenger side here in a few weeks, it's currently not leaking or anything so I don't have any "need" to replace the inner axle shaft seal or wipers, but if I'm already in there to rebuild the knuckles, I might as well do all of it at once.