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Wading in a 4th Gen?
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Does anyone offer anything to solve/improve this? I’d love to be able to go fording at some point. Thanks.
Btw - does anyone else keep getting constantly logged out?
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Temeraire (2018 quasar grey automatic)
One of the last 200ish of the gen3s, probably.
ADOS Attention Deficit Ooooh Shiny!
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Lambert wrote: The problem is essentially twofold, in sufficient depth of water the cooling to the axle by the water will create enough of a vacuum to potentially pull water into the axle if the factory breather is under water and in some way compromised, it is only a spring loaded cap arrangement that supposedly makes a seal when the pressure overcomes the spring force. They are not good. Secondly the seals on the steering swivels are only really to keep dust and mud and larger rocks out of the cv joints, submerged they will let water pass which then sits in the bottom kingpin bearing and kills them quick fast in a hurry giving you death wobble. Knowing this if you are determined to go playing in water you have to accept a significantly higher level of maintenance than if you give water a wide berth. I prefer not rebuilding axle joints to playing in water. And all that assumes that the water is clean and not deep enough to get into things like alternators and sensors, if it's dirty water especially from silt laden rivers and ponds it is going to act like a course grinding paste and require serious maintenance.
Wow!! Great points and very startling info.
I will only be wading in water if nessersary from now on.
Cheers for that info Lambo.
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Thanks for the superb info. Maybe I'll steer clear of water then. Wasn't planning on any mud running, just maybe take it out on a fording trip. I'll stick to taking my Land Rover for such activities.Lambert wrote: The problem is essentially twofold, in sufficient depth of water the cooling to the axle by the water will create enough of a vacuum to potentially pull water into the axle if the factory breather is under water and in some way compromised, it is only a spring loaded cap arrangement that supposedly makes a seal when the pressure overcomes the spring force. They are not good. Secondly the seals on the steering swivels are only really to keep dust and mud and larger rocks out of the cv joints, submerged they will let water pass which then sits in the bottom kingpin bearing and kills them quick fast in a hurry giving you death wobble. Knowing this if you are determined to go playing in water you have to accept a significantly higher level of maintenance than if you give water a wide berth. I prefer not rebuilding axle joints to playing in water. And all that assumes that the water is clean and not deep enough to get into things like alternators and sensors, if it's dirty water especially from silt laden rivers and ponds it is going to act like a course grinding paste and require serious maintenance.
Stuff like this, although certainly not the bottom one (which isn't a ford anyway)
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2003 M13 early KAP build.
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I keep seeing these fantastic pictures of the Gen4 with lifts, body kits etc.. but I don't recall seeing a snorkel on any of them.
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Black 2019 Jimny SZ5
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