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new wheel bearing arrived for when I want to replace the near-side hub spindle one-day wanted to make a spline tool for checking the LSD diff preload but K11 1.3 driveshafts cost a fortune and the only cheap 24 teeth spline shaft I found online was this landrover discovery 300 24t half-shaft...

Cleaned & rebuilt the LSD Torqued & thread locked all the screws to 15Nm. I tried lock wiring the screws but I was soo rusty it was frustrating & wasted way too much time so left it. Testing the preloading torque I found that the LSD locking is mainly governed by the traction of the...

Coming back from a wedding party & with rain forcasted, it's time to rip out the gearbox to fit the LSD & weld the noisy loose clutch disc solid. Drained gear oil still looks fresh since April Removed the shafts Dropped the gearbox. Even after raising the crane 25mm it still fouls the...

Denso plugs I fitted 3yrs ago still looking ok & same gap Ordered a £15 mini torque wrench to tighten the LSD cover plate evenly Most of my tools are 1/2" whereas this is 1/4" and I dont have a 6mm allen head for it So I'll cut & make the tool instead Now I can torque down my LSD...

Bearing turned up but seemed bit smaller than usual, Doh I ordered a smaller GE17C 🤦‍♂️ Ordered the correct GEH17C and turned up next day Removed the old drivers side bearing. Hmm the bearing itself is ok & still snug, it's just the outer bearing/housing which is loose fit 🙄 Fitted the...

Here's the sensor resistances for the gauge & ECU https://micra.org.uk/threads/pollymobiles-rebuild.35251/post-704079

Passenger side ball joint was worn out, dry, rusty & seized on Had to remove the arm for better access Rust on Couldn't hammer it out so I used some deep sockets & threaded bar to force it out new bearing fitted Left side fixed but now the drivers side was also worn and also...

2024-07-06 Raising Engine Crane My garage has a 10cm high ramp, so every time I use the engine crane I'd have to stack afew wood underneath the wheels to stop it fouling which is a PITA To fix this issue I removed the dolly wheels The idea from my calcs is to simply raise the wheels...

Tonight once it stopped raining I went out to play around with the RGB light painting with some cool effects :cool:

Opened up the 2nd spare gearbox to check & compare the bearings on it. This box was removed few years ago when the clutch fork snapped off. Removing the diff bearing, this gearbox uses a thicker 0.68mm shim To compare the original open-diff with the repaired LSD, I first tested the...

Slotting the three piece finger behind the outer bearing secure it together with a stack of nuts & washers Used the large cup to pull it out and it was successful & easy :cool: So this gearbox uses a 0.6mm shim behind the bearing on this cover housing and the new LSD unit sat much too...

2024-07-04 Diff Bearing Outer Race Tool After much thought, I figured I could modify this old suspension bushing tool into a bearing puller since it's close to the size of the outer bearing race we're removing The idea is to machine these 3 fingers (green) which slots behind the bearing...

took out my spare gearboxes to test fit the new LSD and to see if the diff bearing outer race & shims can be removed easily for adjustment I fitted the LSD, closed the case and a major issue is it's too tight, it doesn't spin freely, there's too much resistance 😳 even though I machined the...

2024-06-30 Gizfab BBQ Meet Met with Jack at 7 in the morning to drive down to Skegness for the annual Gizfab meet Arrived at gizfab, not as many turned up compared to last yr (prob cos modified nationals show also on the same day) but good to catchup with afew andrew french came with...

2024-06-28 DIY Hydraulic Press Rather than spend another fortune buying a big expensive press to install the new bearings, I designed my own hydraulic press utilizing a small spare 2ton bottle jack I had in storage and a thick steel tubing I got from Jack sheen I'd install the bearings with...

2024-06-27 LSD Bearing Separater To remove the old bearing off the LSD I needed a bearing separater. Most of them cost over £30-100 but I managed to find a local screwfix that sells it for just £19 👍 the tool wasnt big enough to reach around the back side of the bearing so I carefully cut...

2024-06-27 LED Light Wand for Night Painting I was inspired one day to make this long LED light wand powered by a 12v battery so that when I do light painting around the car I get more light coverage it was midnight, dark & quiet which was great time to wonder out to a dark spot to play...

replaced the auxilary belt which was very worn the new alternator mounting also required a shorter belt within the min/max range of 6pk660-6pk715 so I ordered a 6pk673 belt and now both belts are fresh & quiet

finished drilling all 12 holes removed the old cover, drilled the flat countersunk holes for the screw heads using my modified step drill after days of machining I finally have a new & stronger cover plate for my diff proud of how good it turned out and how precise it fits...

flipped the piece over & carefully machined the opposite face as precise as possible to accurately drill the screw holes, I'll use the old cover plate as a template. position it concentric against the machined piece using dial gauge to center it tack weld into place to secure it using...