Ouverson lockout hubs water leak

[sermis]

Well I am almost ready to start painting. After I pilled the wheels off I noticed that one f the boots was torn. The axel stop bolt punched a hole in it. Spinning the hub I noticed that the bearing was making noise. This is the bearings I just replaced about 6 months ago. It is the front axel with the Overson lockout hubs. I pulled off the lockout hub and it was full of rusty / watered grease and the outer bearing looked the same. Outer bearing is shot. I am thinking that water entered the boot and caused the problem. I pulled it the rest of the way down and the farther I got inside the less contaminated. The axel was clean. I have not dumped the pumpkin yet to see if the gear oil is contaminated but nothing was in the axel tube or on the axel. Anyone else had problems with Overson hubs leaking. Yes the O ring seal was there. Also when I spin the lockout hub it is making a grind. Guessing it has lost a bearing in it also.

 

[rmgill]

RE: Overson lockout hubs water leak

Send it back. They may find a fault in it.

 

[ARMYMAN30YearsPlus]

RE: Overson lockout hubs water leak

Man that really stinks Please keep us updated on this as the lock outs are on my list for things to do when I get home.

 

[WillWagner]

RE: Overson lockout hubs water leak

If the inside bearing is OK, I would think it came from the hub side.

 

[cranetruck]

Re: Overson lockout hubs water leak

..........the boots was torn. The axel stop bolt punched a hole in it.......

Expand on this, please.....

 

[acetomatoco]

RE: Re: Overson lockout hubs water leak

Expand on Overson Hubs too, please. Never heard of em in my 40 years with MV...

 

[clinto]

Re: RE: Re: Overson lockout hubs water leak

Expand on Overson Hubs too, please. Never heard of em in my 40 years with MV...

http://www.ouversonengineering.com/inc/sdetail/204

A more modern style lockout, similar to the Selectro.

 

[acetomatoco]

RE: Re: RE: Re: Overson lockout hubs water leak

I was on google.. and found that in fact it is spelled Ouverson...was misled by the title of the subject...the rockcrawler guys...They seem to stick out quite a ways....I just stick with the milled out original hubs for the look.
Thanks for your help

 

[sermis]

Re: RE: Overson lockout hubs water leak

If the inside bearing is OK, I would think it came from the hub side.

Yes the inside bearing was ok and as I got into the hub the grease was less and less contaminated. I am going to check the oil in the pumpkin and see if it is ok but I don’t see how it could have gotten to the outer bearing if it came in that way.
A couple months ago it went for a swim with water up to the cab floor.

 

[rmgill]

RE: Re: RE: Overson lockout hubs water leak

There very well may be a failure in the hub insofar as seals go., Call Ouverson, explain the problem and they'll probably be VERY interested in making it right. From talking to them they seem to be proud of their products AND very interested in feedback. They stopped selling the forged units because they just never had any failures of the cast units.

 

[gringeltaube]

.... I am thinking that water entered the boot and caused the problem...

Definitely yes ! ...and it gets from there to the hub because there is no seal between spindle and outer axle shaft. And logically because of condensation, water accumulates at the coldest part which is the lock out.
Suggestion: fix the boot problem first, get new bearings and only call Ouversons to buy a repair kit, not to make any claim! It's not their fault if you go "swimming" or better say diving with a torn boot...!

G.

 

[sermis]

RE: Re: Ouverson lockout hubs water leak

I would agree except that the grease inside the boot had very little water contamination ( still sticky red). I think the tear in the boot is recentbut not sure. For the water to get to the lockout and outter bearing would'nt it have contaminated the the grease inside the boot / knuckle. When I pulled the lockout there was some water that driped out and all the grease there was rusty brown.

 

[gringeltaube]

Hard to tell now.... but keep in mind that it doesn't need a lot of water for the bearings to rust away faster than any other part. Also they are moving all the time and mixing the grease with water and rust while the axle shaft/ U-joint + grease around it normally doesn't move (most of the time unlocked).
I'm assuming you first checked that it couldn't enter between L/O hub and wheel hub because of a bad gasket/sealant or loose fit!????

 

[CCATLETT1984]

This is why your supposed to repack all the bearings after fording events, just in case.

 

[ken]

I use marine/boattrailor wheel bearing grease. I has worked well when the bearings get wet. I also use it in every grease fitting.

 

[ARMYMAN30YearsPlus]

I just Emailed Randy about this and I am sure he is interested as Ryan commented