21-04-2021, 09:46 AM
With my 1926 Top Hat axle, the original lubricant was still inside, a foul smelling mixture of grease and oil. I felt compelled to get this out as 90+ years of deterioration would not have improved the lubricants efficacy at all!
I ended up with an almost completely dismantled axle (it's documented in the thread) to get the wretched stuff out but I didn't adjust it on reassembly as nothing had been changed.
I subsequently found the torque tube was bent and the axle is likely to be demoted to a shed ornament when I eventually get the car on the road.
Beware these early axles as they are set up with shims and it's a real palaver to get them adjusted correctly. As with any A7 axle the real killer is pinion end float, any sign of this must be acted on otherwise the result is likely to be terminal in short order.
I ended up with an almost completely dismantled axle (it's documented in the thread) to get the wretched stuff out but I didn't adjust it on reassembly as nothing had been changed.
I subsequently found the torque tube was bent and the axle is likely to be demoted to a shed ornament when I eventually get the car on the road.
Beware these early axles as they are set up with shims and it's a real palaver to get them adjusted correctly. As with any A7 axle the real killer is pinion end float, any sign of this must be acted on otherwise the result is likely to be terminal in short order.