 |
04-07-2014, 04:40 PM
|
#1
|
|
Senior Member
Newmar Owners Club
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Georgia
Posts: 454
|
Where's This Coming From?
Have a W22 chassis and on our way to Ohio from Arizona. I noticed this a day ago on my passenger side steer tire. Wiped the wheel clean and it's back again today. Took the hub cap off and the bearing oil level in OK and the fill plug is intact. Crawled under the coach and did not see any evidence of oil on the tire or wheel. So I am stumped as to where this oil is coming from. Do I have a slow seal leak? Appreciate your input?
__________________
Steve & Debbie + Bentley-Std Poodle
2016 Newmar Ventana LE 4037
|
|
|
 |
Join the #1 RV Forum Today - It's Totally Free!
iRV2.com RV Community - Are you about to start a new improvement on your RV or need some help with some maintenance? Do you need advice on what products to buy? Or maybe you can give others some advice? No matter where you fit in you'll find that iRV2 is a great community to join. Best of all it's totally FREE!
You are currently viewing our boards as a guest so you have limited access to our community. Please take the time to register and you will gain a lot of great new features including; the ability to participate in discussions, network with other RV owners, see fewer ads, upload photographs, create an RV blog, send private messages and so much, much more!
|
|
04-07-2014, 05:35 PM
|
#2
|
|
Senior Member
Monaco Owners Club Freightliner Owners Club iRV2 No Limits Club
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Avon Lake, Oh
Posts: 2,958
|
Check your brakes, wheel cylinders, hydraulics etc. Bearings still a possibility.
__________________
2000 HOLIDAY RAMBLER ENDEAVOR
40 FT--330HP CAT
2 SLIDES-TOAD 2012 focus
Fulltime-Home is where we park it.
|
|
|
|
|
04-07-2014, 05:47 PM
|
#3
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2011
Posts: 2,569
|
The six bolt axel seal is leaking, check the vent hole in the red plug. When the red rubber plug gets old the little hole swells shut and won't release the pressure from heat from driving. Centrifugal force combined with a few pounds pressure push's the 90weight out through the paper gasket.
__________________
American Tradition 42R-Cadillac SRX Blue Ox Koni 5050XL MCD Scangauge D Samsung rf197
Fulltime since 2012
|
|
|
|
|
04-07-2014, 05:53 PM
|
#4
|
|
Senior Member
Winnebago Owners Club Workhorse Chassis Owner
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Sonoma County, CA
Posts: 6,401
|
Tighten the bolts on the cover, that is what I did when I had the same symptoms.
__________________
Wayne & Roberta
08 Winnebago Destination 39W Gas UFO Workhorse Chassis......It's really weird being the same age as old people. I thought getting old would take much longer.
|
|
|
|
|
04-08-2014, 08:31 AM
|
#5
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Tasmania now, USA/Canada/Alaska in April
Posts: 2,473
|
But don't tighten too much or the clear cover will break
__________________
Tony Lee - International Grey Nomad. Picasa Album - Travel Map
RVs. USA - Airstream Cutter; in Australia - MC8 40' DIY Coach conversion & OKA 4x4 MH; in Germany - Hobby Class C; in S America - F350 with 2500 10.6 Bigfoot camper
|
|
|
|
|
04-09-2014, 03:43 PM
|
#6
|
|
Moderator Emeritus
Winnebago Owners Club Workhorse Chassis Owner Coastal Campers Carolina Campers
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: Conway, SC
Posts: 23,641
|
In my opinion, "There's too much fluid in the bearing cup." The fluid level should be just on or slightly below the fill to line on the bearing sight glass.  "Final answer!" 
__________________
03 Adventurer 38G, Workhorse W22
F&R Track Bars, Safety+ , Ultrapower, Taylor Extremes, SGII
TST 507, Blue Ox, SMI, Koni FSD, CrossFire
RV/MH Hall of Fame - Lifetime Member
|
|
|
|
|
04-10-2014, 07:03 AM
|
#7
|
|
Senior Member
Newmar Owners Club
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Georgia
Posts: 454
|
Ok so based on all the great input I did a little experiment. Yesterday before we left I swapped the rubber plugs in an effort to see if the problem moved from the passenger wheel to the drivers wheel. It did not. The passenger wheel still had the star leak pattern So I'm assuming the breather hole is open in both plugs. Per Drivers comments I checked the level in both cups and they are below the fill circle. Tonight when I arrived at the campground I carefully tighten the bolts on the cup. They weren't loose but I snugged them maybe an eighth of a turn. Tomorrow another 300 mikes and I'll check again and report. Thanks for all the feedback.
__________________
Steve & Debbie + Bentley-Std Poodle
2016 Newmar Ventana LE 4037
|
|
|
|
|
04-14-2014, 02:44 PM
|
#8
|
|
Senior Member
Newmar Owners Club
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Georgia
Posts: 454
|
As posted above I re-tightened the 4 bolts holding the cup to the wheel. They were already tight and I only snugged them by an eighth of an inch at most. Drove the remaining trip home and by golly no oil spider web so that must have been it.
Going to keep a close eye on this. Thanks for the support.
__________________
Steve & Debbie + Bentley-Std Poodle
2016 Newmar Ventana LE 4037
|
|
|
|
|
04-14-2014, 03:00 PM
|
#9
|
|
Senior Member
Winnebago Owners Club Workhorse Chassis Owner
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Sonoma County, CA
Posts: 6,401
|
It is amazing what a little oil leak can look like.
__________________
Wayne & Roberta
08 Winnebago Destination 39W Gas UFO Workhorse Chassis......It's really weird being the same age as old people. I thought getting old would take much longer.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
|
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
|
» Recent Discussions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Linear Mode
