Seeking Swivel Help - 1954 86"

**Yorkshire_Jon** · 2nd February 2015, 06:02 PM

Thanks Diana.

Ive just looked through my phone at another photo of the stub axle. I hadn't realised the lip you mentioned when I had the bits in my hand but I can see now what you mean!! Fortunately its all gone together in the right order!!

As for the swivel housing (top) steering arm studs, 1 of the 4 on the top had a shoulder, the other 3 are all the same and parallel shafted.

Checking and setting the pre-load was a long and tiresome case of trial and error. Initially I put no shims on the bottom pin and then needed about 2.5mm of shims on the top - This gave me some indication of total shim depth, I then put half on the bottom pin and half under the steering arm and then put it back together and tried again. I measured the pre-load with some digital suitcase scales!!

Amazingly, once I got it very close to "specification", I could tell a difference between 1 thou. Now I have 1 or 2 thou more shims in the bottom than the top. This seems to allow the swivel oil seal to seal against the swivel.

I used a torque wrench on all 8 nuts each time (30Nm) to ensure I was comparing apples and apples on the scales. I could find no mention of this in workshop manual but it definitely makes setting the pre-load easier / quicker.

J

**Yorkshire_Jon** · 3rd February 2015, 05:48 AM

I happened to be reading another post on here about rebuilding some Stage 1 swivels and came across these two photos...

#1

This is the spacer ring that I referred to in one of my earlier (immediately in front of brake backing plate) and is what doesn't allow my S1 hub to fit all the way home if I use it on my S1 wheel bearing assembly - whats its primary purpose?

#2

Is this oil seal on the right way round? I have installed mine the other way round. Which is correct???

**S3ute** · 3rd February 2015, 06:38 AM

Hello from Brisbane.

Don't want to get off the track of your thread, but can I ask what folks are painting hubs, swivel housings and backing plates with?

Prompted by the photos in post #9 - one of the next jobs in my own restoration.

Cheers,

**Lotz-A-Landies** · 3rd February 2015, 08:14 AM

The manual shows that as a spacer behind the backing plate.

**Yorkshire_Jon** · 3rd February 2015, 10:00 AM

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

The manual shows that as a spacer behind the backing plate.

Thanks Diana,
I suspect the spacer behind the backing plate allows for the wider track width on the later vehicles and keeps the brake drum in the same relative position.

I also suspect that the wheel bearing assembly on the later vehicles must have a wider recess machined on the back face (just visible in my earlier photos) to accommodate the extra spacer and stop the bolt heads from clashing.

**Yorkshire_Jon** · 3rd February 2015, 10:01 AM

Originally Posted by S3ute

Hello from Brisbane.

Don't want to get off the track of your thread, but can I ask what folks are painting hubs, swivel housings and backing plates with?

Prompted by the photos in post #9 - one of the next jobs in my own restoration.

Cheers,

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