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by angelw
Sun Mar 24, 2024 12:04 pm
Forum: Technical
Topic: Front wheel bearings question
Replies: 25
Views: 3633
Australia

Re: Front wheel bearings question

Following is but a small extract from a paper on the design and operation of Taper Roller bearings. Wheel end tapered roller bearings are designed to be set to preload. They are not designed to be "loose" or have endplay. In a preload condition, all clearances (endplay) between components in the whe...
by angelw
Fri Mar 22, 2024 12:08 pm
Forum: Technical
Topic: Front wheel bearings question
Replies: 25
Views: 3633
Australia

Re: Front wheel bearings question

jp Wrote: I worked in a brake workshop in another life, and when we found signs of inner race rotation was advised to apply a couple of dimples to the area with a centre punch, just enough to require tapping the inner race home on the axle. Hmm. I suspect that company was called "Rough Nuts Are Us I...
by angelw
Sun Jan 14, 2024 1:44 pm
Forum: Technical
Topic: Front gearbox oil seal
Replies: 3
Views: 554
Australia

Re: Front gearbox oil seal

Anderson Wrote: Are they interchangeable just like that? Or will the one without a flange just fall out? There isn't anything holding it - Hello Anderson, The seal with the flange is correct for where the First Motion Shaft passes through the rear face of the Bell Housing. Without the flange, there ...
by angelw
Sat Dec 30, 2023 11:51 am
Forum: Technical
Topic: How to secure sill to sill closing panel?
Replies: 15
Views: 2030
Australia

Re: How to secure sill to sill closing panel?

Hello Philippe, Although there is nothing stopping you from either Spot, or Plug welding the flange of the Sill Closing Panel to the Sill, it was never Stop Welded to the Sill in the factory. A Glue-like sealant, the same as used to glue the attachment strips to the under side of the bonnet, to whic...
by angelw
Tue Dec 05, 2023 8:46 pm
Forum: Technical
Topic: Front wheel bearings question
Replies: 25
Views: 3633
Australia

Re: Front wheel bearings question

madjack4 Wrote" If jaguar had a design flaw all early fords like cortina escort anglia all early vauxhalls had the same flaw it was the done thing in the day. The bearings and the Stub Axle dimensions are exactly the same as used on a Box Trailer; nothing exotic about the front wheel bearing system ...
by angelw
Thu Nov 30, 2023 8:19 am
Forum: Technical
Topic: Front wheel bearings question
Replies: 25
Views: 3633
Australia

Re: Front wheel bearings question

jannickz Wrote: Make sure the end float of the hub nut is set correctly. Too much end float will allow the bearing race to rotate excessively, while too little end float will preload the bearings and cause them to wear out prematurely. It's fairly much the opposite to what you have written. Without ...
by angelw
Mon Nov 27, 2023 7:58 pm
Forum: Technical
Topic: Gear lever free play
Replies: 5
Views: 1010
Australia

Re: Gear lever free play

Daniel Wrote: the double coil spring washer This washer is called a Thackery Washer and is quite different to a spring washer, notwithstanding that at least one of the Parts Sellers were offering a Spring Washer with an extra helix as a Thackery Washer. A Thackery Washer has a Joggle in the flat wir...
by angelw
Thu Nov 02, 2023 5:29 am
Forum: Technical
Topic: Curly hub wheels on S2 front uprights
Replies: 10
Views: 909
Australia

Re: Curly hub wheels on S2 front uprights

Mark Wrote: I seem to recall reading in a magazine an ‘authority’ informing that 420G uprights were a good upgrade and had stronger stub axles (actually I now believe the stub axles same as S1). Hello Mark, As you believe, the Stub Axles are the same. The 420G, or S2 E Type version upright is requir...
by angelw
Wed Nov 01, 2023 12:00 am
Forum: General
Topic: Parts quality!?
Replies: 46
Views: 5019
Australia

Re: Parts quality!?

David Wrote: Reproduction parts are never going to be as good as pattern parts and the development process to design, test and produce them runs to many many months (ask Angus!) Balderdash. The development of these part was completed decades ago. The skills required are that of taking measurements a...
by angelw
Sun Oct 29, 2023 10:30 am
Forum: General
Topic: Disappointed in parts quality
Replies: 45
Views: 9993
Australia

Re: Disappointed in parts quality

Steve Wrote: we have a choice....we can use the best parts that are currently available and do what's required to make them work....or we can make or have made our own parts..or you can pursue a supplier to change the design of their existing parts....in a post above Julian has said that these parti...
by angelw
Thu Oct 12, 2023 12:37 pm
Forum: Series 1
Topic: Horn push not working
Replies: 5
Views: 1139
Australia

Re: Horn push not working

drichards wrote: I did some further testing today. If I connect a stand alone earth wire from the bodywork to the metal parts of the steering wheel and push the horn button it works, which suggests the horn button isn’t earthing. However I cannot fathom where the horn push should be earthed to. , It...
by angelw
Wed Oct 04, 2023 1:37 pm
Forum: Series 3
Topic: Upper Steering Column Ser3
Replies: 13
Views: 1487
Australia

Re: Upper Steering Column Ser3

Hello Max,
The following link should get you there, with the discussion on the steering column starting at about Post #34

https://forums.jag-lovers.com/t/craig-r ... /436062/40

With regards to the correct Contact Sleeve, I made my own.

Regards,

Bill
by angelw
Mon Oct 02, 2023 12:09 pm
Forum: Series 3
Topic: Upper Steering Column Ser3
Replies: 13
Views: 1487
Australia

Re: Upper Steering Column Ser3

Hello Max, With regards to continuance, start by removing the Copper Contact Wipe that the Purple wire with Black Trace is connected to. It's secured to the Outer Steering Column by two small bolts and removing this part will avoid confusion if this part is shorting to ground. Once this part is remo...
by angelw
Mon Oct 02, 2023 8:54 am
Forum: Series 3
Topic: Upper Steering Column Ser3
Replies: 13
Views: 1487
Australia

Re: Upper Steering Column Ser3

Max Wrote: Yes the kit was as you say a SBS 1279 and the brass ring was in fact !.36 in closer to 1 + 3/8 plus I coild not see how the black plastic bush with sleeve for brasss pin would fit Hello Max, I made quite a few Posts on the subject on the JL Forum, with pictures showing the hopelessly loos...
by angelw
Sun Oct 01, 2023 8:36 pm
Forum: Technical
Topic: Chassis straightening
Replies: 17
Views: 1789
Australia

Re: Chassis straightening

Nick Wrote: Seems strange to me that Mr Robey has omitted this feature from the repro panels. Hello Nick, You will note that although the plan detail of the forms across the floor are correct in the Robey Floor Panel, their cross section is not. The shape of the bottom of the features in the Robey p...
by angelw
Sun Oct 01, 2023 2:48 pm
Forum: Series 3
Topic: Upper Steering Column Ser3
Replies: 13
Views: 1487
Australia

Re: Upper Steering Column Ser3

Max Wrote: so ordered Kit to replace collar and brass pin. Hello Max, Who did you get the kit from? If the part number is SBS1279, its the correct part number, but the wrong part. Measure the ID of the Brass Contact Sleeve in the kit that you have, it should be 1 + 3/16", if not, then you have the w...
by angelw
Sat Sep 30, 2023 10:03 am
Forum: Technical
Topic: Chassis straightening
Replies: 17
Views: 1789
Australia

Re: Chassis straightening

Nick Wrote: Has anyone made a tool to replicate the indents? Or come up with a different solution? Hello Nick. I have two methods. 1. When no helper is available, I use a template of the outside shape of the gusset, to mark out an area to cut out. The preformed gusset is TIG welded in place. 2. With...
by angelw
Wed Sep 20, 2023 12:24 pm
Forum: Technical
Topic: Stubborn Flywheel
Replies: 6
Views: 718
Australia

Re: Stubborn Flywheel

Simon Wrote: I am wondering if these are somehow restricting removal? The flywheel will be easier to remove with the dowels removed. A cylinder slightly larger than the dowel and at least as long of the dowel can be used to extract the dowel; a suitable size socket will do in the absence of somethin...
by angelw
Sun Sep 17, 2023 2:28 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Parts quality!?
Replies: 46
Views: 5019
Australia

David Wrote: i have had many conversations with Julian about this but from a business perspective it is not viable as Jaguar owners want low prices despite the value of the cars. In terms of Tool Making, the cost difference to make the tooling to produce the part correctly as opposed to incorrectly ...
by angelw
Mon Sep 11, 2023 12:05 pm
Forum: Technical
Topic: Rear hub removal
Replies: 7
Views: 857
Australia

Re: Rear hub removal

Mark Wrote: Sounds simple enough, thank you It's simple until its not. I do this job many times a year and I'd say that probably only 1% dismantle easily. Many are assembled using Loctite on the splines and a fair percentage using high strength Loctite. These are real bears to get apart, with the st...