Rear Axle rebuild. Recommendations required

[Rustkingdom]

Hello All,
I am looking for someone to rebuild an axle assembly for me, using modern rubber seals, not felt ones.
Diff is good, bearings good but to also be replaced during rebuild.
The car has unconventional amounts of power and this has caused the oil to spew into the brakes past the seals.
Who can help me please with recommendations on specialists or enthusiasts able to rebuild for me close to my location.
I live in South Wiltshire, and can deliver it no problem.

Another want is a supplier of a full set of girling hydraulic shoes and slave cylinders, for the front and back. I already have back plates. I belive ther early Morris 1000 type but I'm not sure on part numbers.
My existing shoes are a bit slippery now they are soaked in ep90.


I Know there is a vast library of knowledge in this forum, all help greatly received.
Thanks for reading

[Nick Lettington]

https://www.bullmotifspares.co.uk/catalo...ont-brakes

[Dennis Nicholas]

Hello All,
I am looking for someone to rebuild an axle assembly for me, using modern rubber seals, not felt ones.
Diff is good, bearings good but to also be replaced during rebuild.
The car has unconventional amounts of power and this has caused the oil to spew into the brakes past the seals.
Who can help me please with recommendations on specialists or enthusiasts able to rebuild for me close to my location.
I live in South Wiltshire, and can deliver it no problem.

Another want is a supplier of a full set of girling hydraulic shoes and slave cylinders, for the front and back. I already have back plates. I belive ther early Morris 1000 type but I'm not sure on part numbers.
My existing shoes are a bit slippery now they are soaked in ep90.


I Know there is a vast library of knowledge in this forum, all help greatly received.
Thanks for reading

Brakes - are you sure they are GIRLING?  The most usual conversion was using the Lockheed as on the Moris minors.  However there was one man in the distant past that used Girling and that company even sent an engineer to fit and set up everything.
 Look at ESM www.morrisminorspares.com/ and you will see what they look like and see the different bore sizes for the years.....interchangeable so ensure same size all round.  Some are no longer available and instead the different bore size is substituted.  The shoes are also Morris Minor and vary in width depending on which drums you have.  The shoe pull off springs fit on the outside of the shoes rather than between shoes and backplates as they do on the MM because there is no room for them on inside on the Austin with the modified backplate.  This means you need a good way of holding shoes in so linings parallel with drum.......so you see you need someone that realy knows what they are doing and who will research if there is a query.
I don't know if Tony Blight our N Devon A7 man at Blights Garage in Bideford would take on the job??
Mike Davies of the Cornwall A7 club has an Austin Works Jig for setting up crown/pinion.
Which back axle do you have?....Do you know of the Archives on this site that have many of the Austin spares catalogues which can be printed off and may be of a help to whoever does the job?

Dennis

[Chris KC]

The EP90 might be part of your problem - I use a straight 140 grade in mine.

[Ian M]

Finding someone to deal with a rear axle does seem to be noticeably more challenging than locating, say, an engine rebuilder. Here's a firm that might be able to help; Flying Sevens. I haven't had any direct dealings with them, but have heard good reports.

https://flyingsevens.co.uk/

[Rustkingdom]

Thanks to all so far, I will make enquiries to see who can help and Devon is not too far for me as I'm right on the A303. I have all the unusable brake parts so once I've measured every thing I have I can replace with new.

[Terrytuned]

For information on fixing axle oil leaks and fitting seals see BA7C Technical website. Terry.

[Charles P]

Surely Vince Leek in Warminster is your first choice if you can't tackle it yourself?  IMHO there's nothing hard about rear axles really. 
 
http://www.austinsevenfriends.co.uk/#suppliers
(he's on the carousel of ads)

Charles

[Nigel Ricardo]

Try Gary Munn and Glyn Llewelyn in Poole.

[Ian Williams]

"IMHO there's nothing hard about rear axles really."
Agreed Charles, but its surprising how many people, including professionals, will happily tackle an engine with all its complexity yet be afraid of an axle or gearbox. I guess it is because so much mystical twaddle gets talked about both items, and maybe that the information on meshing CWP can be hard for some people to wrap their heads around. ( probably not helped because some sources show pinion marking and some show crown wheel marking ) I don't profess to be expert in anything but by applying logic to the situation, ensuring I eliminate end float and side play in all bearings usually all is well.... IMHO if you can successfully build a reliable engine you can build an axle. I am not sure the oil leak talked about by OP would be anything to do with an "unconventional amount of power" more likely it was over filled, or has knackered seals. Could even be that the axle has been stored on its side at some point, takes ages for oil in the side tubes to fully work it's way out once there unless dismantled and washed out.