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Tim Vibert has Saracen cork seals for 15 dollars each...........I hope they are the right ones.
He has other special seals I need , but are at a price.
Over seas shopping on some parts is much cheaper but takes longer.
After work today I cleaned up that big bronze housing for that inner tracta joint and ball seal.
It is a work of art the machining involved and no wear found in any part.
I have plenty of work now just sorting the seals and repainting etc.
It is interesting to see how exactly how a tracta joint works.
There is no wear or marks on the tracta joint forks...........all that means I have a really tight ship mechanically.
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I have never played with tracta joints before, usually in Four wheel drive front axles I come across the normal C/V joint with the cups and balls of what ever type it may be.
Alvis when designing the drive looked at double carden joints and the normal ball and cup type C/Vs.
They settled on the tracta joint because of its compact size was the only design to fit in where space was limited.
Alvis had front wheel drive sports cars in the 1920s using tracta joints and had much experience in using them.
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They must have been used in a number of Brit vehicles during the war as they were used in the original design of the 80".
I have never seen much wear in them or even a broken tracta joint, usually it is the axle spline that breaks (if at all). I guess the cost factor must have been the reason for the change to regular spicer joint, that and they changed from constant 4WD to selectable 2WD/4WD so the constant velocity tractor joints weren't needed.
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That last pic looks gorgeous!!! Fresh paint or even does wonders
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It should be getting the green today.
The hull is getting needle gunned around where that wheel station goes.
Parts are on the way and appear to be advailable locally.( I hope they fit)
The hull is covered in about Ten layers of thick and flaking paint with abit of surface rust underneath thrown in.
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hey Ron,
what the bolted plate for?( look like it's held on withtwo 1/2" bolts) next to the large castellated nut with the spit pin. I have seen it from a few angles but cant place its use.
is it just belt and braces to hold two part together?
just curious
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The steel casting is in two pieces and is bolted together..........I figure this is so the kingpin bearings can be separated from the tracta joint housing pins for the kingpin bearings.
Those bolts holding it together are at least 3/4 ,,, may be one inch thick
Smaller plates on the sides I have no idea what they are for or if anything is behind them.
