It's big, red, shiny, and it goes up and down when I pump it ...

Ok, I do use a steel blade. But it's usually a thin 9mm snap off knife
blade on full extension [1], and flat to the face.

But considering the knife wielder in this case I thought i'd dissuade
him

Cheers

Paul.

[1] One of these .. http://rswww.com/images/C536004-02.jpg

 

FROYFRNB.

I didn't bother in the end - the paper gasket was intact on the engine
- not a hint of it on the cover at all.

A *tiny* smidgen of blue Hylomar later, and I did it up.

tbh, given the access available, and poor visibility, I doubt it's
possible to remove it all, anyway.
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Staked. Two notches in the threaded shaft bit.

Assuming, for a moment, that someone had, very thoughtfully, applied
Loctite to the cleaned thread, but had, for some reason, forgotten to
re-stake the nut - would you tear it all down to re-stake it, or cross
your fingers?
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Re-stake. Have you ever seen the carnage one of those causes when it
comes loose?

 

Re-stake. Have you ever seen the carnage one of those causes when it
comes loose?[/QUOTE]

No. I can begin to imagine, though.

Ho hum. That's tomorrow night written off, then.
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Salad said:

No. I can begin to imagine, though.

Ho hum. That's tomorrow night written off, then.[/QUOTE]

Quid says half the gasket comes off this time...

 

Cunningly, I have a spare.

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If I was sure there was enough Loctite of the right grade, I'd leave it.

If it's only low-strength Loctite keeping it on just now, I'd take it
apart again and use a new nut and some Loctite.

Otoh,,, the nut's done up tight and threadlock is in place. It might be
fine.

 

Salad said:

Half a spare gasket is a good thing to have...

 

Grimly said:

Are ya feelin lucky Punk?

 

No. I can begin to imagine, though.
[/QUOTE]
Well, nor have I. I've no idea how good it'll be. But it'll prey on your
mind for ages unless you make certain it's properly done.

A bit like "Did I leave the gas on?" with the possibility of flying bits
of metal.

 

Depends, is this a nut where you knock the soft lip of the nut into a
groove ? or is it a foreunner of the nylock, where notches are cut into
the top of the nut, which splay when the nut is tightened ?

Heh, I have one of those on the 4X4. The front hub nut is secured by a
lock plate which is held on by the (OEM fit) tiniest camembert set
screws you can imagine.

Wish I hadn't taken it off to regrease the hub now. What the eye
doesn't see ... !

Cheers

Paul.

 

I sold my IIA shortly after a front hub fell to pieces at speed[1] on
the Tring by-pass. As well as the obvious pant-filling that resulted,
and horrendous cost of replacement parts, I never felt I could trust it
again.

[1] For shite old Land Rover values of speed.

 

Get a drill bit slightly smaller than the groove and (carefully) use
mole grips to pull the side/end of the drill bit into the side of the
nut alongside the groove. Use a bit of copper sheet opposite to protect
the threads if necessary.

Cheers

Paul.

 

Strange, those things are bulletproof. Can't remember, but I think it's
opposed enormous lock nuts on there, backed up with a lock washer. I
certainly needed a new box spanner to do it.

They have a tendency to do halfshafts, but bearings are unusual as long
as there's been no water ingress through the swivel balls ..

P.

 

It's been re-staked. Two hours of spanner twiddling, just to centre
punch a nut.

Then I took out the rear wheel, and remove the drive shaft assembly.

First time I've done this, but I assume this shouldn't be announced by
half a cup-full of rusty water?

Anyhow, cleaned it out, liberal application of Kurust, and a damned
good spray of WD40 later, a big splodge of grease, and the new shaft
unit was attached, and the new wheel, with the new disc. New EP80 in
the crown wheel thingy, and I decided that 21:40 was plenty late
enough to still be in the garage.

Rest of the back end back together tomorrow, then it's time to look at
the front, once more.
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|__|_|__| BOTAFOT #70 BOTAFOF #09 two#11 WG*
\ |^| / IbW#0 & KotIbW# BotTOS#6 GP#4
\|^|/ ANORAK#17 IbB#4
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<SNIP>

Well at least you did it. You must feel better now?

Are you quite sure you are still enjoying this mechanic lark?

 

Absolutely.

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\ |^| / IbW#0 & KotIbW# BotTOS#6 GP#4
\|^|/ ANORAK#17 IbB#4
'^' RBR Landmarks: 12 Pts: 220 Miles: 914

 

Did this water pour out of the driveshaft tube? If so, is the front boot
still tight or hole free?