Been crushing miles last winter. Have had two small setbacks, one was a wheelbearing/hub failure and now its been down for about a week with a no start situation.
The 2wd vans have the speedo cable running off the drivers side wheel hub. The cable runs through the hub and the end locks into the grease cap with a circlip. The entry point on the back of the hub has a grommet. My grommet had worked up the cable and let in all sorts of sand and salt/water. I rotated my tires a week before I had a complete bearing failure and there was no play in the hub at the time. The hub was filled with sand and the bearings were shot.
Wheel hub
Then I had a no start situation, starter would crank and motor would turn over. I had compression fuel and spark but not start. Motor would bump start but then die. After replacing and testing everything engine wise I pulled my starter apart. It was filled with sand and rusted to all hell. This starter was new as of last summer. Putting everything back together now and hopefully this will be the cure to the no start.
The 2wd vans have the speedo cable running off the drivers side wheel hub. The cable runs through the hub and the end locks into the grease cap with a circlip. The entry point on the back of the hub has a grommet. My grommet had worked up the cable and let in all sorts of sand and salt/water. I rotated my tires a week before I had a complete bearing failure and there was no play in the hub at the time. The hub was filled with sand and the bearings were shot.
Wheel hub
Then I had a no start situation, starter would crank and motor would turn over. I had compression fuel and spark but not start. Motor would bump start but then die. After replacing and testing everything engine wise I pulled my starter apart. It was filled with sand and rusted to all hell. This starter was new as of last summer. Putting everything back together now and hopefully this will be the cure to the no start.
