Haha - sneaky! I didn' think of looking there. I am fortunate in having a US import from the Confederacy (S or N Caroliana, I can never remember which - it belonged to a Mister Mistr!)), so there is no rust, & they came off easily enough.
Thanks.
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- Sat Feb 13, 2021 12:08 am
- Forum: Technical
- Topic: Convertible hood brackets
- Replies: 2
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- Fri Feb 12, 2021 12:12 pm
- Forum: Technical
- Topic: Convertible hood brackets
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Convertible hood brackets
I am in the process of trimming my Series 2 convertible, and I have hit a puzzle. There is a bracket on each side just behind the door where the folding frame attaches. This is attached by two 5/16 bolts fixed to each bracket that project down into the bodywork, with nuts underneath. The front nut i...
- Sun Jan 24, 2021 4:24 pm
- Forum: Technical
- Topic: Is It 'Cos I Is Thick ???? Trakrite Camber Caster Gauge ....
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PS The Gunson instructions are not misleading for those "with a misapprehension" ........ they are simply wrong ; try reading them. They explicitly tell you that you measure the caster by measuring the difference between camber at 20? turned-right on the right-hand wheel, and 20? turned-left on the...
- Sun Jun 07, 2020 10:09 pm
- Forum: Technical
- Topic: Pulling to offside under braking
- Replies: 49
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Re: Pulling to offside under braking
My point is a simple one - that a five second brake balance test is not going to do it any harm either.
- Sun Jun 07, 2020 9:16 pm
- Forum: Technical
- Topic: Pulling to offside under braking
- Replies: 49
- Views: 13141
Re: Pulling to offside under braking
Even if one side is completely inoperative, which is extremely unlikely, you're not going to wear out the clutch in a five second brake test. More to the point, if the front brakes are in balance, it suggests the fault is at the rear, so if you think the diff clutch is that delicate, you don't even ...
- Sun Jun 07, 2020 7:59 pm
- Forum: Technical
- Topic: Pulling to offside under braking
- Replies: 49
- Views: 13141
Re: Pulling to offside under braking
At least you'll know ;). Why should it damage the diff? It is, after all, a 'diff'. What happens when you go round a corner?
- Sun Jun 07, 2020 6:27 pm
- Forum: Technical
- Topic: Pulling to offside under braking
- Replies: 49
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Re: Pulling to offside under braking
If the brakes are in balance it won't make any difference.
- Sun Jun 07, 2020 1:35 pm
- Forum: Technical
- Topic: Pulling to offside under braking
- Replies: 49
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Re: Pulling to offside under braking
If it's giving you the run around, I would put it on a rolling road & do a brake balance test to make quite certain it's not the rears.
- Tue Jun 02, 2020 1:32 pm
- Forum: Technical
- Topic: Pulling to offside under braking
- Replies: 49
- Views: 13141
Re: Pulling to offside under braking
Swap the discs over.
- Tue Jun 02, 2020 11:05 am
- Forum: Technical
- Topic: Pulling to offside under braking
- Replies: 49
- Views: 13141
Re: Pulling to offside under braking
All that means is that your steering wheel is not centred. Where is it when you are driving?
- Mon Jun 01, 2020 2:21 pm
- Forum: Technical
- Topic: Pulling to offside under braking
- Replies: 49
- Views: 13141
Re: Pulling to offside under braking
Got to be the calipers. Modern hoses sometimes get blocked, but you've eliminated them. However, if one of the pistons were stiff enough to prevent the brake applying, it would also hold the brake on, and you'd know about that soon enough. But I would pull them off, measure all the bores & compare,,...
- Tue Apr 21, 2020 9:11 am
- Forum: Technical
- Topic: Axle ratios
- Replies: 25
- Views: 10911
Re: Axle ratios
Sent a PM - thanks.
- Tue Apr 21, 2020 7:50 am
- Forum: Technical
- Topic: Axle ratios
- Replies: 25
- Views: 10911
Re: Axle ratios
I still have the spare empty 2.88 Powr-Lok carrier (subject to confirmation) if you want to pm me. I didn’t see anyone mention the lack of a drain plug on Dana cases by which you can immediately tell a bare empty casing is Dana. They were used intermittently in the mid 80s on XJ and XJS. I still ha...
- Tue Apr 21, 2020 7:37 am
- Forum: Technical
- Topic: Axle ratios
- Replies: 25
- Views: 10911
Re: Axle ratios
Ah - thank you; the way I read it (on an American site) was that the flange on the carrier was a different thickness to accommodate different thickness crown wheels. Now it makes sense - and I like it when things make sense. I had a brainwave late last night - what's to stop me machining 3/16" off t...
- Mon Apr 20, 2020 9:51 pm
- Forum: Technical
- Topic: Axle ratios
- Replies: 25
- Views: 10911
Re: Axle ratios
A lot of people do seem to want to go lower than 3.54 - not on E types obviously but on various track cars and off-roaders. Plenty of 4.xx's and even 5.36 gears out there. 2.88 gears are hard to find though. The after-market even supplies spacers so you can fit the thinner crown wheels to the thinne...
- Mon Apr 20, 2020 8:58 pm
- Forum: Technical
- Topic: Axle ratios
- Replies: 25
- Views: 10911
Re: Axle ratios
Starting to make sense - I just found this quote online; "2.88 & lower (2.69?) 3.07-3.54 3.77-4.10 & higher May be out a tooth here or there, but that’s the basic grouping. 3.54 can’t swap to 2.88 without other components swapped." So it seems there are three different carriers, not two as stated el...
- Mon Apr 20, 2020 7:38 pm
- Forum: Technical
- Topic: Axle ratios
- Replies: 25
- Views: 10911
Re: Axle ratios
Hugo, ...... A bit of a daft question, but is it possible for you to go back to the Ebay seller that you got the CW and P and ask where they came from and do they still have the diff carrier ? Regards, Dave No - I bought this ages ago & it's just been sitting on my shelf waiting till I plucked up t...
- Mon Apr 20, 2020 7:34 pm
- Forum: Technical
- Topic: Axle ratios
- Replies: 25
- Views: 10911
Re: Axle ratios
In an attempt tp get the Salisbury/Dana relationship quite clear in my head, I found this online. I know, "If it's on the internet it must be true". But this sounds plasuble; "Jaguar first used the Dana 44 in an IRS in 1961 for the Jaguar E-type as well as other models. It was used through 1996 (Jag...
- Mon Apr 20, 2020 4:56 pm
- Forum: Technical
- Topic: Axle ratios
- Replies: 25
- Views: 10911
Re: Axle ratios
Based on the fact that mine is a North American car, and that the entire rear end has already been rebuilt while in the States, I'm wondering whether somebody may have fitted a Dana gear carrier? As Dave 44DHR says, the 3.54 should use the same carrier as the 2.88 according to the info online (altho...
- Mon Apr 20, 2020 3:36 pm
- Forum: Technical
- Topic: Axle ratios
- Replies: 25
- Views: 10911
Re: Axle ratios
The plot thickens! Barratt's list three types of diff, each with and without 'powr-lock'. I think it is pretty clear that mine is the latest type (it's a 1970 car). What you say about the carrier makes perfect sense. But according to the online info for Dana axles (which is what I thought I was deal...