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Front end sat submerged in water for 6 hours?

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Old Feb 22, 2012 | 11:58 PM
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Question Front end sat submerged in water for 6 hours?

Any ideas on what all I'll need to change out/service after my whole front end sat submerged in water for about 6 hours.....(got stuck, nobody to pull me out right away). I'm going to take my brakes apart and clean them really well, and change out the diff fluid. What else should I do? Think it could have ruined my wheel bearings? I seem to have more death wobble now than I did before....

EDIT: i was only in up to about 3/4s the height of the wheels. See pic for how deep I was
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Old Feb 23, 2012 | 12:03 AM
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Was the engine submerged?
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Old Feb 23, 2012 | 12:06 AM
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Originally Posted by sthon
Was the engine submerged?
No, sorry I didn't explain it very well the first time
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Old Feb 23, 2012 | 12:14 AM
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I would just pressure wash the undercarriage, I wouldn't take the brakes apart and clean them. they should be fine after a few stops lol.

I would change the diff fluid F+R (I always do them at the same time) and drive it. most of the time nothing will be hurt by water as they are made to see it when it rains! just clean the crap off with a hose... my 0.02!
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Old Feb 23, 2012 | 12:17 AM
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couple squirts of grease to any joint that has a zerk to push out the water too
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Old Feb 23, 2012 | 12:18 AM
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you dont think it could have seeped into the axle seals or or my hubs or anything? I think that sitting submerged for 6 hours is different than driving through rain
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Old Feb 23, 2012 | 12:32 AM
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Originally Posted by xjdave95
couple squirts of grease to any joint that has a zerk to push out the water too
X2! good point.

Originally Posted by bighouts5591
you dont think it could have seeped into the axle seals or or my hubs or anything? I think that sitting submerged for 6 hours is different than driving through rain
It is different then rain, but my point is that its made to see water and dirt. Its a part of the sport and you don't need to replace anything that touches sand/water/dirt/mud ect unless its failing. doing things like this will wear things out faster but not instantly.

I am sure it did, but no need to replace the wheel bearings when they aren't making noise... the grease will still be in there and water shouldn't mix with the grease that easy...

the axle seals are made to hold fluids on and other debris out. its bad for water to be in your diff but not on the outside of it.
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