04-07-2024, 06:34 PM
Taken the rear axle apart now we are back from Guildtown.
Two days to get the hubs off (what gaskets) and spring pins
out, heat and brute force to get the pins out.
both pins badly warn so suspect they might be original.
Grease on the inside of the offside brake shoes, but luckily non on the linings,
but looks like whoever re-lined the brakes did not do it right as one copper rivet
was just starting to shine up !.
I think nearly every lock washer I came across (yes some not even fitted) had been
re-used, which is a definate no no.
Picture shows the two teeth breaking up, and wear marks (I think) show the unit was not set up correctly.
Lots of cleaning to do but will order up all the parts I need over the weekend, and with
luck the car should be back on the road in a month or so.
BTW, thinking of calling the car 'Bodgers Delight'.
Martin, GM6VXB
Two days to get the hubs off (what gaskets) and spring pins
out, heat and brute force to get the pins out.
both pins badly warn so suspect they might be original.
Grease on the inside of the offside brake shoes, but luckily non on the linings,
but looks like whoever re-lined the brakes did not do it right as one copper rivet
was just starting to shine up !.
I think nearly every lock washer I came across (yes some not even fitted) had been
re-used, which is a definate no no.
Picture shows the two teeth breaking up, and wear marks (I think) show the unit was not set up correctly.
Lots of cleaning to do but will order up all the parts I need over the weekend, and with
luck the car should be back on the road in a month or so.
BTW, thinking of calling the car 'Bodgers Delight'.
Martin, GM6VXB