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Hi Fab1 thanks once again for your contribution, also just heard from Castrol who said as much, so I will drain and replace and I did get new washers for both. Cheers

Agree but how do I get all the gunk out if it sticks to me gears. If I let it drain for days so as to hope get the most of the gunk eventually out but without putting oil back in for days in will this cause moisture to get in an rust to form on the gears?

I was changing my gear oil , old oil nice and clean but a dark color. I then replaced it with a new bottle of Castrol Gear Oil and I notice after I had finish and that the overflow oil and some particles and then looked inside the empty new bottle and there was some red flaky and blops of dark sediment in the bottom of the new bottle. Has anybody seen this before and do I need to drain this new oil out and how will I be sure to get all the sediment? I took the bottle back to BCF and they call BLA the distributors who are getting Castrol to call me. My key concern is will this stuff up my gears long term? Anyone else out there ever experienced this or can offer any insights. Thanks

Thank you Fab 1 appreciate you answer, this was my first bearing replacement attempt. Cheers

I thank you all for your very good comments and I did follow everything said but I did not have a round punch so used a screw drive to hammer out the bearing selves and unfortunately marked the inner hub with small scratches you can see and fill with your fingers. I think these might be a problem when try to put in the new sleeves(cones) back in. Do any of you have any advice on whether I should try to use something to smooth them out? Also when I took them out I notice they were not seated hard up against the internal shoulder and from what I can tell others have suggest they need to be. Could any of you confirm if the sleeves need to be hard up against the internal shoulder in the hub? Thanking you George

I thank you for your very good article and I did follow everything you said but I did not have a round punch so used a screw drive to hammer out the bearing selves and unfortunately marked the inner hub with small scratches you can see and fell with your fingers. I think these will be a problem when try to put in the new sleeves. Do you have any advice on whether I should try to use something to smooth them out? Also when I took them out I notice they were not seated hard up against the shoulder and from what I can tell you suggest they need to be. Could you confirm if the the sleeves need to be hard up against the shoulder in the hub? Thank you George