Is it normal, or is having to replace front wheel bearings at 105000km odd in a 2005 GU ? (tie rod ends also rooted)

I just replaced mine at 127000 water had made it into housing turning the grease to muck.

Geese these newer patrols don't seem to be made like the old tanks.

My GQ has 480K on the whole original drivetrain (except for breaks and tyres, and suspension coz I wanted a lift..)

I would have hoped for a few more than 100k out a set..

It appears that your Patrol had a harder life so it is not really a surprise however under normal condition/maintenance they should last a bit longer.

Cheersiy

The bearings should be checked and re-greased every 100,000km at least, depending on usage. Their condition will depend on how the vehicle has been used and if the tie rod ends are stuffed after 100,000km, it's clearly had a pretty hard life. I'd be going through everything to make sure other bits like bushes, mounts etc are OK.

Cheers

Ray

Its been around Australia - and the tierod ends are stuffed (being fixed on the 19th)... It doesnt look like its done much 4wd'ing, but I think its done a stack of towing around the country, probably on dirt corrigated roads.

If it's done a lot of corrugated roads, that will have an impact of the life of wheel bearings. I'd also check the rear ones, but they are a lot harder to replace.

Cheers

Ray

Back are all ok. After replacing drag link, tierod ends, steering dampner and wheel bearings what else should I be looking at - any 'rubber' I should look at replacing.

Check engine and transmission mount rubbers and possibly the body mounts. Get someone to start up and rev the engine while you're looking at the passenger side engine moutn, it souldn't move. The right hand side is always under compression, so should never wear out. The body mount rubbers can be checked by having someone more or less drop their weight on the bull bar and if the body doesn't move with the bar, then the mounts may have compressed past their life. My first GQ had done 100,000+km kilometres in the Souht Australian outback, carrying a fair bit of weight, and the body mounts were stuffed, as I found out later. Also check out the control arm rubbers, front and rear parts. Use a long screw driver or tyre lever at both ends and see how much moverment you get, it shouldn't be much at all when moving by hand. Check out the same at the rear end, including torsion bar rubbers.

Also check your king pin bearing by jacking up the front and then with a tyre lever or such, see if you can move the wheel in and out.

Cheers

Ray

Geese these newer patrols don't seem to be made like the old tanks.

My GQ has 480K on the whole original drivetrain (except for breaks and tyres, and suspension coz I wanted a lift..)

I would have hoped for a few more than 100k out a set..

The later model Patrols are mechanically stronger than the GQ in many respects, much depends on how and where one drives, and how the vehicle is serviced.

Cheers

Ray

Hi,

As Ray said check king pin bearings

top one gets lines on the inner from the corrigations

bottom one gets rusty from water ingress

set up the preload as book or slightly tighter

wear in these causes the death wobbles

i always do a visual on these as its hard to feel the slop in them

Alan

I had mine replaced not so long ago.. 208,000km I think I was at. Had been regreaesd before I'd say. New bearings got rid of lots of squeeks and wobbles. It also made my hubs cooler.. must have been a fraction too much friction..

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I inspected and re greased my front wheel bearings yesterday as part of the 40K service. They were loose and definitely needed re packing with grease. If they are serviced regularly they should last well past 100K.