Finally fixed me blown front wheel bearing ..., which took out the CV joint, Stub axle and a swivel bearing!
Or maybe a lost swivel bearing roller screwed everything else up, whatever .. so why bother mentioning mundane crap? Well, when I bought the parts, ie 'full' swivel kit except ball, it said 'everything needed to overhaul swivel bearings, seals, everything included to do the job!. Similarly the CV 'repair kit' had the same blurb, as did the wheel bearing kit .. but there isn't, or wasn't 'everything'!
1st bit wasn't missing but wrong .. top swivel pin completely different, no sweat, easily changed, but held the job up. Then the half shaft spacer between shaft and CV splines was about double the length! .. again, a wait, again held the job up ..
Put it all together and had a gander at me old stub axle/cv joint that won't come apart .. and noticed (which I'd forgotten about 'cos it wasn't in the kit) the Oilite/Phosphor Bronze thrust washer/spacer. So ordered a new one, undid it all, rebuilt it when it came and all was good ... till I started to tighten the wheel bearing nuts .. I knew 'something' was wrong, but couldn't figure it for a minute. The spacer between the inner nut and outer bearing race was missing! FFS ... Again a wait for the part, again, fitted OK when it got here, but a ballache to wait for bits like this.
But, I also got me drivers door to open first pull of the handle, instead of the usually three or four vague attempts to jerk it open! While I had the door card off I also replaced the window slidey bits at the bottom and the rubber that holds the window in! I now have a door what works, and a window what works too .. even if they were both fiddle jobs that took way longer than they should
Oh, I also replaced the Anti Roll Bars so it'll pass the MOT .. again a fiddly b'stard of a job, especially the fronts ...
Then went to Topcats and helped him swing a sledgehammer to break some concrete paving up for his new garage base. I call it heavy physiotherapy for me knee! Good Tea and Coffee from his missus too ...