Spyderman
New Member
I'm going, but not in the Landy as it's only got one headlight working atm. If you want a ride in the car let me know.
I'm going, but not in the Landy as it's only got one headlight working atm. If you want a ride in the car let me know.
Ryder
Having a senior moment
Honest jai... I have never seen a bearing in such a mess. The bearing itself had completely collapsed... bits of it were clipping out from behind the nuts as soon as we removed the drive flange.
The nuts were siezed solid... no way the hub nut spanner would shift them, even with an extension bar welded into place! The chisel didn't make a dent (well it did make a dent actually but thats all it did!).
Only grinding it down to within a mil of the thread and then using the chisel to split the nut open worked. and that was after we heated it to bloody burning hot and had another go!
The bigger spacer with the flattened edge... has rotated so that the flattened edge is now sitting where no flattened edge has any right to be!
The hub came free and left the inner bearing in place... seriously seized again.
We're having fun and will finish it on the morrow!
This is a game I am telling you!
jai_landrover
Well-Known Member
Dunno bearing race is bloody hard would take a fair few disks.
Some numpty has used a grinder on my salisbury rear axle before I fitted it to my mota obviously where a wheel bearing had welded itself to the stub axle they have completly mullured it. then had the cheek to re assemble it and use it!
Some numpty has used a grinder on my salisbury rear axle before I fitted it to my mota obviously where a wheel bearing had welded itself to the stub axle they have completly mullured it. then had the cheek to re assemble it and use it!
Spyderman
New Member
I've taken one off with a Dremmel, does the job well.
jai_landrover
Well-Known Member
Just don't use a grinder take it easy or save yourself the grief and buy a new stub axle keep the bearings greased and stay away from water or remove them and grease them each and every time.
If you need a hand I'm free for about half an hour after work have you damaged the thread on the stub axle with the chisel at all? if so scrap it. Did you drill out the holes in the hub spanner? that usually works on the worst seized nuts.
Be very careful heating things up there is usually a quick and easy soloution just takes another angle of thinking. Angle grinder is not your friend here if you mark the stub axle at all its scrap (you can get away with some but I wouldn't) if the stub axle looks scrap from the other bearing breaking up remove it and replace it.
If you need a hand I'm free for about half an hour after work have you damaged the thread on the stub axle with the chisel at all? if so scrap it. Did you drill out the holes in the hub spanner? that usually works on the worst seized nuts.
Be very careful heating things up there is usually a quick and easy soloution just takes another angle of thinking. Angle grinder is not your friend here if you mark the stub axle at all its scrap (you can get away with some but I wouldn't) if the stub axle looks scrap from the other bearing breaking up remove it and replace it.
jai_landrover
Well-Known Member
Well I will go to caroys thing but in the car have spare seats aswell if anyone needs a lift
jai_landrover
Well-Known Member
My bearing collapsed completly pulled me across the road into the hard shoulder completly destroyed the inners had to get to the trial about 3 miles away thought well I'm here now might aswell take part so we had a go at the trial but it finaly gave up when the middle neice got to the bottom of a gully (typical) had to drive it back to strip out. The threads had mullured themselves the centre had welded itself onto the stub axle and the hub would not come off. Managed to get the hub off put in new bearings, thread file the stub axle back to usable safe conditon with a locking pin and hacksaw off the welded on piece with a decent hack saw and a bloody sharp chisel that was in Northampton in a muddy field. My finger tips were cut to pieces from picking out bits of metal but it went back together and got me home. Even when things seemed impossible there is usually a simple soloution. The last thing you want to do is make it worse for yourself.
jai_landrover
Well-Known Member
lotsa cars by the sound of thingswe gonna have any land rovers turning up or are they all broken?!?!
Not broken just the Mrs car is in the way and I can't be arsed to move it. If I drive over it she would be a bit ****ed. The damn thing even has fuel in it.
Spyderman
New Member
Mine's running fine, I just don't fancy getting nicked for a headlight out......and the car has a heater.lotsa cars by the sound of things
mkandy
New Member
lotsa cars by the sound of things
I'm planning on going in mine, that's if my local petrol station has any unleaded left after the last couple of weeks, the joys of V8 ownership! :doh:
carpy
New Member
well hope for at least a couple of landys
spyderman as far as i am aware you dont get nicked for it, they give you a form that says if you get stopped again and you havent fixed it you have been a naughty boy. first time round you dont get done
my 110 was cockeyed for quite a while
spyderman as far as i am aware you dont get nicked for it, they give you a form that says if you get stopped again and you havent fixed it you have been a naughty boy. first time round you dont get done
my 110 was cockeyed for quite a while
