I was moving gravel today and noticed the inside front right tire was wet with oil. Appears the seal let go and puked out all the oil. Going to the dealer Monday or Tuesday. I saw another thread where a 7010 had a wheel bearing go out and lost all the oil. Hopefully not a lot of down time.
XR4046 front wheel seal
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I had both of mine replaced a month ago, dealer said he didn't know what caused it, he went ahead and replaced bearings also.
Were both of yours leaking or one side and you had them both done? Mine was catastrophic failure. I'm going to talk to the dealer about the bearings and the other side.
Both of mine were leaking
4570Man
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Both of mine leak, but only a few small drops daily.
Dropped tractor off at dealer on Monday. Called yesterday and said the hub had a crack in it behind the wheel. He didn't tear it down until he hears back from his rep. He has a call in to see if they want him to replace the entire assembly. I told him that's what I would prefer. Don't know if a bearing failed causing the crack or what yet.
AaronS
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I drove my 4046 10 miles round trip on blacktop roads to a friends to borrow a post hole digger, and worried about the hubs the whole way after reading about everyone's problems. Knock on wood, no problems here yet.
I "roaded" mine a few times also. I was worried about the tie rod end (steering arm) on the hub breaking like several have posted. Never gave the internals a thought. Also thought about the top link every time I hit a bump when I had an implement on. I bought a 24' equipment trailer so no more road trips.