Wednesday 21 March 2007

Rear Axle Build Up (2)

Managed to get the diff onto the floor and set about fitting the lower wishbones. A relatively straightforward task if it wasn't for the 8 washers, 8 oils seals, 8 retainers and 8 thrust washers that all had to be greased and kept in place while the pivot shaft was inserted! After a bit of patience and using a handy piece of bar as a dummy shaft the job was done!
The GD chassis carrier brackets were then fitted over the ends of the pivot shafts no problem without any forcing and the nyloc nuts fitted and torqued up. Fingers crossed I don't have to take this all apart to adjust the diff shimming - now that would be demoralising!.
Out of interest the washers for the front brake calliper bolts fit perfectly for the pivot shafts - there are no washers on the pivot shaft in Jag installation so no part number to order?


Next time hubs & driveshafts and hopefully camber adjustment..... and then checking what toe-in I've got!

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