I sorta suspected that the majority of responses that I would get would tell me why it wouldn't work, all from people who hadn't tried it. Well, Mr. Toyota never put a Chevy V8 or an Isuzu diesel in the Land Cruiser, yet many have and are happy with the results. You have to think a little outside the box to make forward progress.
I do thank everyone for their responses even if they were just an opinion. I just picked up a beater FZJ80 with a FF so I may just go ahead and try it. I'll report back the results. So if you see a green FZJ80 by the side of the road with smoke comming from the rear end, wave as you go by and yell out "I told you so"
WOW! Looks like I stirred up a hornet's nest. I'd better wait a day or two before responding!
Just sit back Astr. You're committed to dismissing all our posts because we're all disqualified in your eyes. So your next step can only be to tear out your axle seals and post up your experiences of running gooey wheelbearings over the coming years.
And this thread's skipping along quite nicely without you even if you are the OP.
went back and edited my posts ...
Astr, my bad. i don't agree with the idea but personal jabs are unwarranted.
please accept my apology.
My God!!!!
Have you been "born again" or what Crushers?
I'm now worried about your personal wellbeing.
Do you have ready access to counselling over there or are you snowed-in and alone?
I've learnt a lot about your country by watching ICE ROAD TRUCKERS. And because of that fine program, I've seen first-hand how living in such inhosptable terrain can easily send you over the edge ... both mentally and physically. Take care
My rover has hoses from the factory that run to about 700mm above ground level.
They don't, unless you get water over the top of the breather hose or you have a leak in an axle seal or the breather system.
The oil washes out the grease and then leaks out itself.
I'm honestly surprised you are having soo much difficulty accepting oil as a bearing lube. Think about your gearbox, transferbox and diff bearings.
You can do that with oil bathed hubs too. A hole in the side of the diff can't drain a hub of oil.
I can't recall anyone here suggesting grease (oil + soap) is in any way a better lubricant than oil alone Dougal.
So I'm afraid, much as I'd like to support a fellow kiwi in an argument, your posts here suggest to me that you're just up to your old tricks of baiting Wayne.
Be warned! He's obviously already weakened and continuing in this vein may leave him permanently scarred ... or even worse!
He's obviously undergone some inexplicable life-changing experience that's changed his personality from the loud cantankerous persona we've grown to love so much.
Sigh! ....
Bring back the old wayne
EDIT. Perhaps I should delete this post? I'm not at all serious in the s***e I've witten here! It's just the "sarcastic me" writing as I sometimes like to talk (to provoke reaction I guess)... I realise it's pretty easy for people to mistakenly take serious offense.... S-o-r-r-y. (Oops. Now perhaps I'm having my own lifechanging experience. I did get on the piss last night if that's an acceptable excuse?)
