Hi All,
Firstly, thanks so much to this forum and all the members for the info available to clueless people like me. I've only owned my BJ42 for a few months and I've already used lots of useful info and I'd be lost without it. Right, I've got a 1982 BJ42 imported to the UK from France. Last week I used it to pull my twin axle trailer with about 1 ton or just under of firewood on board, so total load of around 1 1/2 tons. Safe to say the truck was not pleased towing it up any incline but the big problem was a tight reverse up my steep driveway. Once I'd got myself straight at the bottom, I engaged the front lockers and used the low box to push the trailer up, and at some point I thought I heard a bang of something metallic but put it down to something on the trailer, like the brake release or even something sliding on the trailer, which it could well have been. I carried on and backed the trailer into the garage, unhooked and pulled forwards. No unusual sounds. Next day i come out and see a pool of fluid sitting in the rear wheel and running down the tyre, I presumed i had a leaking brake cylinder to deal with. I took the wheel off today and found that the leak is from the hub ( i'm no mechanic so excuse my simplicity) if I look down the back of the hub it's covered in fluid. I then remembered the noise and thought I'd snapped a rear shaft and somehow the oil seal got mangled while that happened, but if I rotate the hub the rear prop shaft spins easily with no crunchy sounds. Is it likely that it's just the oil seal that has gone and would straining to push the trailer cause that to happen? I guess I have to take the shaft out to do the seal and will inspect then, but I'm anxious to know if I've possibly done more expensive damage. I think it's a semi floating axle looking at the images in the service manual. Thanks in advance for any help. cheers Jim
Firstly, thanks so much to this forum and all the members for the info available to clueless people like me. I've only owned my BJ42 for a few months and I've already used lots of useful info and I'd be lost without it. Right, I've got a 1982 BJ42 imported to the UK from France. Last week I used it to pull my twin axle trailer with about 1 ton or just under of firewood on board, so total load of around 1 1/2 tons. Safe to say the truck was not pleased towing it up any incline but the big problem was a tight reverse up my steep driveway. Once I'd got myself straight at the bottom, I engaged the front lockers and used the low box to push the trailer up, and at some point I thought I heard a bang of something metallic but put it down to something on the trailer, like the brake release or even something sliding on the trailer, which it could well have been. I carried on and backed the trailer into the garage, unhooked and pulled forwards. No unusual sounds. Next day i come out and see a pool of fluid sitting in the rear wheel and running down the tyre, I presumed i had a leaking brake cylinder to deal with. I took the wheel off today and found that the leak is from the hub ( i'm no mechanic so excuse my simplicity) if I look down the back of the hub it's covered in fluid. I then remembered the noise and thought I'd snapped a rear shaft and somehow the oil seal got mangled while that happened, but if I rotate the hub the rear prop shaft spins easily with no crunchy sounds. Is it likely that it's just the oil seal that has gone and would straining to push the trailer cause that to happen? I guess I have to take the shaft out to do the seal and will inspect then, but I'm anxious to know if I've possibly done more expensive damage. I think it's a semi floating axle looking at the images in the service manual. Thanks in advance for any help. cheers Jim
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