P series front axle problems

jamesrw79 · Jun 28, 2016

I have a 2015 7040 cps. At 109 hours the front axle made a gear stripping noise and locked up. It's at the dealer now and they are going to be contacting me after they verify what failed. Anyone else experience this? I understand they had a wheel bearing recall a few years back.

JLinder · Jun 30, 2016

We've seen the inner wheel bearing fail a few times, usually when it finally let's go the wheel is tilted in and it will start to leak. LS came out with an updated design last year that replaces the entire outer housing and so far it has held up well.

jamesrw79 · Jun 30, 2016

JLinder said:
We've seen the inner wheel bearing fail a few times, usually when it finally let's go the wheel is tilted in and it will start to leak. LS came out with an updated design last year that replaces the entire outer housing and so far it has held up well.

I've heard about the bearing failures. The axle has no leaks and no tilting wheels. I believe its the ring and pinion that busted.

Keltic · Jul 9, 2016

I've had 3 wheel bearing failures, nothing internal though.

jamesrw79 · Jul 9, 2016

Keltic said:
I've had 3 wheel bearing failures, nothing internal though.

I thought they replaced them with an upgraded better bearing.

Keltic · Jul 13, 2016

That's what I was told, but one side failed twice.

JLinder · Jul 14, 2016

Keltic said:
That's what I was told, but one side failed twice.

There was two fixes, at first LS supplied an upgraded bearing but we still had a few that failed. Then they redesigned the outer housing and that combined with the upgraded bearings seems to have resolved the problems.