Put those races in the freezer and stick the swivel housing in the direct sunlight. Makes life easier. Thanks for making this video!

A year later and we're finally getting around to doing the right hand swivel ... and using this video throughout the whole process. A huge thanks to Rob Stewart for sharing his knowledge and expertise with us!

Never ever ever knock races in like this. Use an old socket or even better, the correct tool for the job.
Just testing it with a hammer is gonna cause damage.

I know I’m late to the party but I’m about to do the same to my defender and seeing a non professional  like myself guided through the process step by step will be a huge help to me.  Really appreciate it.

Really good video.
Don't forget that the holes in the circlip where the circlip pliers engauge are tapered. - there is only ONE way that the circlip will be correct - you have a 50% chance if you don't check and face the circlip the correct way.    tiy will note there is a taper on the tips of the circlip pliers - this, and the taper in the two matching holes on the circlip allow the plires to grab and not slip on the circlip.  It really becomes important when you come to remove the circlip ( easy peasy, or an absolute prick of a thing sliping off the pliers).

Thanks for these demos, im doing both sides on a 90 tomorrow! regards Paul

I don't even own a Landy and I found this interesting!  Thanks for sharing

Lay the small hammer flat across the top of the race keep it level and twat it to get it started and keep fingers out of way.

Victoria : "Why is it shaking , like a maracca"
Mechanic " Because it's a Mexican rubber mallet "😂

Thanks for the comments Daniel, the re-grease should have been there but due to technical difficulties (production assistant failure) we skipped that bit. It's a good point about the RFD10000 single use hub nut, however as the front axles on this particular 90 are actually Disco I we decided to keep everything original, also for the DIY mechanic reusing the Hub Nuts and Washer is a lot more economical than buying a complete new nut each time.

Brilliant video.... Such a patient guy demonstrating his years of experience on the very over engineered LR. 👌

I could listen to these two explain anything about the Defender. Excellent! I almost feel confident to renovate my swivels myself now...

Great explanations and tips. Thanks ! Why not use soft punch or better still a drift to avoid damaging race?

Great video 👌

What a fantastic video. Just did both my swivel housing seals last weekend but instead of the scary task of taking apart the whole hub, i just undid the bolts attaching the whole assembly to the axle housing and pulled it all out with the shafts going to the diff. Ended up only replacing the seals and retainers...wish i saw this video before, you guys made the whole thing seem so easy

Crows foot on a torque wrench works in tight spaces.

... you are quite correct on the swivel pre-load for a Discovery 1 and also the Range Rover Classic. Thanks for pointing that out.

Life saving video

Thanks guys for giving me the confidence to take the job on myself!!  Really great tutoial.

thank you for this excellent instructional video, changed my swivel bearings, seal etc using this video alone ( Haynes bible for torque settings ), I would just like to add though, an essential piece of kit is worthy of a mention here, if your landy is similar to mine in age (22 years old ), and your swivel bearings hasn't been changed for a good few years I would without a doubt add a butane blow torch to your arsenal, as I did test one of the bolts holding the swivel ball to the axle ( you know the ones 12 point variant ) and just tried to release it to just before it damaged the bolt, it wouldn't budge, bang a few minutes of your blow torch on it, and to be honest it really did make the job a piece of cake, in fact, the hardest part of this job was reinserting the track rod end back into the hub, as I have steering rack under body protection which limits the amount of movement of the track rod to just a few centimetres in all directions, again thank you Rob, Victoria and not forgetting the camera man for an excellent video,

Carl

Proud owner of  '94 Land Rover Defender 110 County Station Wagon 300TDi.

Super merci