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Mash

Member Since: 09 Feb 2015
Location: Guernsey
Posts: 1674

So after an extremely successful weekend marching around in full ww1 uniform and webbing:

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I am back to work and can continue the work on the front axle, today I started on the box of shinny bits from YRM and got all my galvanised parts t-washed and etch primed, whilst these sat drying I thought I would take some very shinny calipers and turn them a more subtle black:

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I'm still working on the parts I have and parts I don't and the don't pile is getting bigger than the have one

90 wolf - Jasmin http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic39408.html
90 V8 - Maggie http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic42564.html
110 TD5 - Buggsy http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic59029.html
52HG25 lightweight https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic72342.html
D3 Hse - Fiona
Capri 2l S - Anna

Think I might have a problem............

6th Jun 2017 7:58pm

Mash

Member Since: 09 Feb 2015
Location: Guernsey
Posts: 1674

Well today was the really exciting and enjoyable part.......

..... just kidding today was cleaning and painting bolts to start

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Then I started on the first hub, removing the damaged studs/clean and paint:

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Then came the second hub and surprise surprise it had a broken stud, que the drill and lots of
patience:

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And sometimes I even surprise myself, just about perfect

Click image to enlarge 90 wolf - Jasmin http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic39408.html
90 V8 - Maggie http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic42564.html
110 TD5 - Buggsy http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic59029.html
52HG25 lightweight https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic72342.html
D3 Hse - Fiona
Capri 2l S - Anna

Think I might have a problem............

13th Jun 2017 8:06pm

dorsetsmith

Member Since: 30 Oct 2011
Location: South West
Posts: 4554

ball eye

13th Jun 2017 8:35pm

GREENI

Member Since: 22 Aug 2010
Location: staffs
Posts: 10383

Skills, I'd have missed entirely!

13th Jun 2017 9:27pm

Mash

Member Since: 09 Feb 2015
Location: Guernsey
Posts: 1674

I very much doubt I'd ever get it spot on like that again

it was completely eyeballed starting small and working up, I do love it when things actually work

13th Jun 2017 9:43pm

Mash

Member Since: 09 Feb 2015
Location: Guernsey
Posts: 1674

A few more hours in the shop tonight, got some of my bits off the postie today:

First job was nice and easy, open some boxes and assemble my two new stub axles, a couple of sockets a plastic mallet and a 20t hydraulic press gave me this:

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Next box revieled some tracta seals so on with bolting on my shinny swivel housings and fitting the bearing races:

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To assist in fitting the swivel housing I utilised one of my favourite "modified" tools, used so much I think it's starting to wear out:

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So axle is starting to come together and I'm going through what bits I have to assemble and what have I forgotten to clean up and paint? The swivel housing pins

ok que the grinder and some safety kit:

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Right with that sorted I'm now only missing my dirt deflectors so I loosely bolt my housings together so I don't lose any bits:

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So it's starting to come together hopefully I can have a rolling chassis by next week

15th Jun 2017 8:33pm

ian series 1

Member Since: 17 Nov 2014
Location: south
Posts: 3127

2008 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 CSW Bonatti Grey

Top job that man!
Can't wait to see the end result

80" 80" 86" 88" 90"

Wanted, Forward Control Anything considered.

15th Jun 2017 8:57pm

L110CDL

Member Since: 31 Oct 2015
Location: Devon
Posts: 10891

What talent you have got, well jel

Clayton.

1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up.
Keeper.

22nd Jun 2017 8:40pm

Mash

Member Since: 09 Feb 2015
Location: Guernsey
Posts: 1674

Cheers guys

don't worry the next update will soon appear, I have managed to squeeze the odd bit in here and there but work is keeping me very busy

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*Spoiler*..........................rebuilt axle may appear

22nd Jun 2017 8:48pm

Mash

Member Since: 09 Feb 2015
Location: Guernsey
Posts: 1674

Update time, with work being busy project time has been limited but I have made a little progress:

First job was the fitting of new wheel studs to the hub, the old studs were badly damaged when the wheel fell whilst the wagon was going down the motorway:

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Next job was to fit my newly painted dirt deflectors and torque the stub axles to the swivel housings:

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Then it was onto fitting and torquing of the new brake disks ( after waiting for the bolts that I forgot to order)

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After all this I could inspect my diff and refit:

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With everything else nice and shinny it would have been rude not to paint it,Whilst that was drying I put in my new bearing races:

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Next job was to inspect my drive shafts prior to fitting:

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Then it was onto assembling the front axle as much as I can (just waiting for a spring balance so I can't test my shims)

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And the final job done was to turn my springs from black with white dots to black again:

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[/u] 90 wolf - Jasmin http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic39408.html
90 V8 - Maggie http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic42564.html
110 TD5 - Buggsy http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic59029.html
52HG25 lightweight https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic72342.html
D3 Hse - Fiona
Capri 2l S - Anna

Think I might have a problem............

23rd Jun 2017 7:33pm

Profyaffle

Member Since: 03 Oct 2016
Location: N Yorks
Posts: 527

Great progress, looks fabulous

1993 200Tdi Defender 90

23rd Jun 2017 8:26pm

Procta

Member Since: 03 Dec 2016
Location: Sunderland
Posts: 5240

looking great there mash! do the vent discs fit behind any wheel? I have after market wheels on ( weller type) so I am unsure if they will fit. My old car I had, I had to space the wheel out by 5mm. Defender TD5 90 ---/--- Peugeot 306 HDI hatch back

Success is 90% Inspiration and 4 minutes Preparation # you can make it!

23rd Jun 2017 10:56pm

Mash

Member Since: 09 Feb 2015
Location: Guernsey
Posts: 1674

Cheers for the comments guys

The wheels should fit, hopefully I will have a fulling chassis soon and can test it, if not I will have to fight my way to the back of the shed for the old pair of Wolf rims I have lurking in there. 90 wolf - Jasmin http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic39408.html
90 V8 - Maggie http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic42564.html
110 TD5 - Buggsy http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic59029.html
52HG25 lightweight https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic72342.html
D3 Hse - Fiona
Capri 2l S - Anna

Think I might have a problem............

24th Jun 2017 8:09am

ian series 1

Member Since: 17 Nov 2014
Location: south
Posts: 3127

Your doing a great job, it will be well worth all that effort your putting in

80" 80" 86" 88" 90"

Wanted, Forward Control Anything considered.

24th Jun 2017 9:03am

L110CDL

Member Since: 31 Oct 2015
Location: Devon
Posts: 10891

Great pics there Mash, looks lush

Clayton.

1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up.
Keeper.

25th Jun 2017 8:24pm

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