Thread: New Project...

Hi All,

Starting cleaning some bits from the front axle/hub.

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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...

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I can't remember how much of these bits I will re-use - so to be safe, I cleaned them all. Before:


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Unfortunately that's just the passenger side - I have to repeat the entire process for the drivers side next...

I greatly admire your patience and workmanship. It is going to look better than it did when it came off the production line

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 still an awesome bit of casting! If you want to get rid of the selectors ill buy them from you?

That makes perfect sense, will be an awesome vehicle to take on a country drive once in a while

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!

Originally Posted by Dizza

I know very little about series vehicle so was unaware they are not standard still an awesome bit of casting!

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.

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!