Good point. I may be dodgy, but at least I'm slow.
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Good point. I may be dodgy, but at least I'm slow.
Hi All,
Starting cleaning some bits from the front axle/hub.
Before:
http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/...ps18670ce0.jpg
http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/...psd455d017.jpg
After:
http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/...ps6c970aaf.jpg
http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/...psa3e29c88.jpg
Fair bit more cleaning to do though!
Its looking good...All my cleaning starts soon as well .... many hours ahead ..
Hi All,
Cleaning - it's what I am ok at, but it sure get's boring after a while.. Just don't tell SWMBO... :wasntme:
Before:
http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/...pscf568ec7.jpg
After:
http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/...psfa192cca.jpg
Before:
http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/...ps5b25b61a.jpg
After:
http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/...ps6433f4ea.jpg
I can't remember how much of these bits I will re-use - so to be safe, I cleaned them all. Before:
http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/...psa08b24d0.jpg
After:
http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/...psb887964d.jpg
Unfortunately that's just the passenger side - I have to repeat the entire process for the drivers side next... :eek:
I greatly admire your patience and workmanship. It is going to look better than it did when it came off the production line [emoji2]
I love the labelling on the hub selector. They don't make them like that anymore.
What colour will you be painting them?
Hi Dizza,
I am returning the car to stock - so I won't be using the "Selectro" free wheeling hubs. If I was to paint them - I would re-do them in black, which appears to be the original colour.
This car will likely not do too many km's per year - and I prefer the standard look.
I have read many arguments - free wheeling hubs vs standard - and I actually don't have an opinion either way, but I do like the stock look.. :)
I know very little about series vehicle so was unaware they are not standard [emoji1] still an awesome bit of casting! If you want to get rid of the selectors ill buy them from you? [emoji6]
That makes perfect sense, will be an awesome vehicle to take on a country drive once in a while [emoji2]
You happened to pick probably my favourite combination of colours Land Rover has ever put on a vehicle too!
Im slowly convincing myself that i need one!
Free wheeling hubs were always an option with Series Landrovers, and came in a wide variety of brands. As suggested, there are a variety of opinions on them. I have Warn hubs fitted to mine, but only because I acquired them attached to a rolling chassis plus two tubs and a cab that I got for $15 at a clearing sale.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dizza
They are rarely disengaged, but I have made some fairly careful comparisons with them engaged and disengaged. There is no perceptible difference in performance, and no measurable difference in fuel consumption. The only advantage I see in them is that they allow me to avoid replacing the front prop shaft, whose spline is worn, and they allow the use of low range as a creeper gear on hard surfaces (very handy for example when hooking up a trailer).
John
Hi All,
Yesterday a friend and I managed to re-install all of the shackles correctly.
A few weeks ago I went around to tighten all of the shackle bolts (after the car had settled for a few weeks), and I noticed that something just wasn't quite right.
In the end after much head scratching and contemplating, I realised that the some of the shackles had got mixed up and that's why things didn't quite line up correctly.
Anyway - all fixed now!
http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/...psffc9c74b.jpg
Hi All,
Today I continued to clean the various components that make up the front hub... I was getting bored with the cleaning and so took a little detour..
Strangely 2 of the wheel nuts on my Series 2 are a different size to the others, so I managed to put 2 x second hand nuts that are the correct size.
Before:
http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/...ps2f571c5f.jpg
Cleaned:
http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/...ps457736d0.jpg
And finally I painted them - along with a few others that have become scratched since the original coat..
http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/...ps3bf7adfe.jpg
That's it for today - I am off to watch the V8's... :wasntme: