This weekends mission.................

[Brakebuster]

so , i have had my '40 for around nine months now, and the car came with a full MOT but had some advisories, these were all wheel bearing related , i think the car had been stood a while ( maybe a year or two ) before she got the MOT ( and i think it was a friendly tester )

so , i have over this time been collecting together all the parts needed

these include a full set of bearings for the car , plus a pair of stub axles for the front ,

the rear also gets a pair of new rear sport dampers, and new rear sport springs , while i was at it each corner got a new brake disc and brake pads

i started this on Friday evening and so far the rear is complete with new dampers, springs, bearings discs and pads , all bolts came out of the lower arms and all other fixings were fine , however the top tower 13mm nuts were a real pain to remove due to access ( and the tower plate flange stopping a larger beefier socket getting onto the nuts...........

the rear wheel hubs have an adjustable camber setting, this is not a problem as all you have to do it mark the concentric flange bolt head to the lower arm , with the use of either a centre punch or as i do a cold chisel strike over both faces for a perfect mark , simply line these back up once reassembled , i would still recommend taking the car for a full alignment once all the work is done for that perfect ride

just the front to do now


BB

[J44EAG]

Now all you need is the FAB (Fitted at Bloxham) fast steering rack, sill and bumper covers and you virtually have a Jaguar Sport model!

Mike

[Brakebuster]

lol

being a 3.2s it actually has the sport equipped suspension as standard, and was a real pain ( end expensive ) to get the correct components ,

i did acquire a Jaguarsport boot spoiler for the XJ40 last week, will have to mock it up , lol

BB

[ptjs1]

Well done BB!

And all I managed was a new thermostat...

Paul

[Brakebuster]

Well done BB!

And all I managed was a new thermostat...

Paul

every job completed on our cars is a victory to keep them on the road, no matter how small ,

hit a small issue where one lower wishbone ball joint gaiter was split , so a new one will be obtained tomorrow and fitted before i can complete the OSF bearing works , the stub axle came out fairly easy on my press in the end ,

otherwise, all is going well , and the test drive for all the rear components was very satisfying

BB

[Brakebuster]

a pic of all the nice new parts i fitted

x4 wheel bearing sets,
x2 front stub axles
x2 rear sports dampers
x2 rear sports springs
x1 handbrake retainer clip ( for inside the rear hub )
x2 thin spring packers
x2 thick spring packers

plus a pair of OEM front damper lower bushes ( to the hub carriers ) to fit


IMG_2629 by MyPix on Talk Photography

springs and dampers in place, and trust me, that was a struggle

IMG_2630 by MyPix on Talk Photography

small delay to the project as one of the front lower ball joint gaiters was split, so car on jack stands on the drive till Saturday afternoon

BB

[Brakebuster]

so , as with all the best laid plans of mice and men , the ' weekends project ' took a little longer, this was while doing the front bearings I discovered a badly torn gaiter to the lower wishbone ball joint

a 24 hour courier part was ordered, which turned up 5 days later !!!! so the work was delayed until that arrived, in the mean time the car was on an axle stands on the drive with a disassembled OSF hub and carrier , and only 3 wheels on my wagon.....

when the part finally got here, the hub got new bearings and races, new stub axle, new lower ball joint, new lower damper bush ( mounted to the lower wishbone on this model ) all other parts were in great order, and she had new discs and pads a few months ago , then I did the other side exactly the same

all put back together now and rides like the magic carpet she should be

onto the next task.....( already done that , the next , next one I mean , lol )

BB