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Part number: RTC3510
A high quality swivel hub oil seal
Price is for one seal.
We’ve found that most Series swivel seals (including the ones labelled 'OEM') are badly designed. The seal's inner diameter is slightly too wide to seal properly and reliably, particularly if the spherical surface of the swivel housing isn't in mint condition.
We don’t recommend filling swivel housings with grease to slow leakage past the seals. Gear oil is the lubricant specified by Land Rover for this application, for good reason.
We’ve found that these particular seals are the only ones that actually work. They can even accommodate shallow rust-pitting of the spherical sealing surface with negligible leakage, provided that any pitted areas that the new seal will sweep over are lightly sanded with extra-fine wet and dry sandpaper to restore surface smoothness.
These are the seals we use in our workshop if we need to detach the swivel hub assembly to overhaul or replace it. If all you need to do is replace the seal, and the spherical swivel housing surface has only shallow rust pitting (see photos here for guidance on this), or no pitting, then you can install one of our split seals, which can be fitted without having to detach the swivel housing assembly from the axle housing.
Part number: RTC3510
A high quality swivel hub oil seal
Price is for one seal.
We’ve found that most Series swivel seals (including the ones labelled 'OEM') are badly designed. The seal's inner diameter is slightly too wide to seal properly and reliably, particularly if the spherical surface of the swivel housing isn't in mint condition.
We don’t recommend filling swivel housings with grease to slow leakage past the seals. Gear oil is the lubricant specified by Land Rover for this application, for good reason.
We’ve found that these particular seals are the only ones that actually work. They can even accommodate shallow rust-pitting of the spherical sealing surface with negligible leakage, provided that any pitted areas that the new seal will sweep over are lightly sanded with extra-fine wet and dry sandpaper to restore surface smoothness.
These are the seals we use in our workshop if we need to detach the swivel hub assembly to overhaul or replace it. If all you need to do is replace the seal, and the spherical swivel housing surface has only shallow rust pitting (see photos here for guidance on this), or no pitting, then you can install one of our split seals, which can be fitted without having to detach the swivel housing assembly from the axle housing.