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Many thanks for all the useful replies. I have made the following progress with my rear axle problems which has raised a few more questions:
LEVEL/FILLER PLUG. I have managed to remove it by grinding a slot across it, heating it up and applying a drift and club hammer to the slot. Then oil poured out (of the filler plug), which I collected and measured. It had been overfilled by1 pint. As this is the rear axle, I think it should hold 2.3 pints and mine had 3.3 in it. I reckon this was a big contributor to the oily offside brake as the oil level would have been well above the axle tubes - what do you guys think?
I shall renew the oil seal anyway, and inspect the wheel bearing which doesn't seem worn (but I haven't got it out yet).
Another question is, how did anyone overfill it? Not using the seized level plug, that's for sure. Maybe down the breather using one of those squeezy bottles with a tube that Castrol used to sell axle oil in? And, of course, why overfill it without draining the old oil first?
BREATHER. Very rusty but I twisted the cap off with Mole grips. At first I thought it was empty, but then I found a VERY light spring and a rubber disc, both of which were stuck up at the closed end of the cap. Questions: how should the cap be secured, and what are your views on what I found inside? Is there any info on the internet on these breathers?
I have read about the extended breather idea, and wonder if these use one of these flap valves or are just open to atmosphere?
I have yet to look at the front axle, and rather dread what I may find the bodging butcher might have been up to there!
Over filling is easy if the axle is not level. Common sense is not that common!
Temeraire (2018 quasar grey automatic)
One of the last 200ish of the gen3s, probably.
Bellerophon (2024 grello van daily
ADOS Attention Deficit Ooooh Shiny!
The rear axle does take a fair amount more than the book claims, I had to buy another bottle of oil when I changed front & back.
If you jack the chassis up then as the suspension drops the filler hole points down.
If it suddenly breaks, go back to the last thing that you did before it broke and start looking there
The correct way to check level and fill is with the car level on all 4 wheels. In this position a pint of oil ran out of the filler hole. So overfilled for sure, but how??
Looking forward to response or my other quandaries.
Like I said, if the axle wasn't level when the oil was put in its not difficult to over fill it. Its the same principle that allows you to change the front king pin bearing sets on one side at a time without all the oil draining away as you remove the half shaft.
Temeraire (2018 quasar grey automatic)
One of the last 200ish of the gen3s, probably.
Bellerophon (2024 grello van daily
ADOS Attention Deficit Ooooh Shiny!
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