Steering knuckles on 4WD vehicles can be costly to overhaul . What is common with most 4WD steering knuckles is the axel seal fails and mixes the wheel bearing grease with the diff oil , in severe cases the mix of grease and diff oil causes the bearings in the diff to fail causing major damage to the diff and c.v. axels . At Everything Mechanical Mobile i provide a full overhaul service for your 4WD . This includes diff flush and quality oil , king pin bearings and pr...

If your vehicle is fitted with a timing belt and is over 100 000 k.m you need to have it changed . The belt is a rubber belt that keeps your valve timing in sync with your piston stroke . When this belt snaps , in some vehicles the valves can hit the top of the pistons and cause major damage . On some models though , the valves spring back up in the cylinder head when the belt breaks and avoid this damage , this is known as a ' free spinning engine ' . If your not sure , check ...