Hi team Has anyone found a solution to the flimsy dust seals on the front of the 3rd Gen Surf? The bearings are fully sealed and hence not re-greasable or maintainable. If the dust seal fails then water etc can get in and the bearing fails quite quickly. Got less than 10 000km from the last passenge...

Running Adventuro's in 265-75-16 and all good with only a wee bit of thumping to bend back the front inner guard 10 mm or so.
A lift will be better but been on quite a few trips as-is.
Cheers
Greg

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