Squire's voitures

[Hooli]

Give JM a kicking for still sulking & avoiding this place would ya?

[fried onions]

Careful setting the rear hub bearings on the Aggro - from memory there needs to be a touch of play as these had some issue with the stub axle breaking or something. It's been 35 years so I have forgotten.












Ben

More or less correct. The end float has to be set correctly and there is a strict procedure for this; with the brake drum spinning you tighten the nut to 5 lb ft, slacken the nut and then hand tighten only. The castellated retainer is then replaced and the lot is held by a split pin. I have never used a torque wrench on it though with no bad consequences. You just have to remember the bearing cannot be subjected to pre-load.

One of the very few stories bandied about which is not an urban myth is the rear wheels used to fall off. This was indeed the case with very early cars, as the retainer washers were not big enough to cover the outer bearing race, with predictable consequences when a wheel bearing failed. This was very quickly rectified by fitting the early cars with appropriate sized retainer washers.

[Nibblet]

Or as AvE says, 'tighten 'til you hear it crack, then back off half a turn'.
I actually obeyed the book when I replaced the wheelbearings on the Datsun in December and used a spring balance.

[captain_70s]

All was going so well, when at 70 M.P.H. there was a sudden misfire and it became apparent all was not well.

Snapped clean in half.

Oops, I've done that as well, although the cause was slightly more obvious...

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Drove the car home on 3-cylinders and fitted a second hand rocker shaft/arms (£25) which remained in the car until the bottom end grenaded 10,000 miles later (due to similar levels of wear being present throughout the engine).

[richardthestag]

crumbs, what is it with you chaps and broken rockers

My Stag engine had three broken main bearing caps, it ran with terminal oil pressure and a knock but was scrap

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Middle main bearing was a sliver of razor sharp metal, block was full of stress cracks

[fried onions]

Pressed steel rockers are better but still not infallible.

[fried onions]

There has been a disturbing noise coming from the front of the Humber, like something letting go under tension when turning corners, and the handling becoming wayward over speed bumps. Initially I thought it could be a broken coil spring but when I started the job today noticed the anti-roll bar mounting was loose. That's probably it then. On the face of it, its an easy job of just aligning the bracket and tightening the fixings, but these two have conspired to make this the worst job to date on this car. It really is hellish.

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Any suggestions on how I grip the above two bolt heads, which are recessed in the wishbone. I've tried open-ended spanners, which seem the best option so far, making flats on a socket to fit in the groove and mole grips all to no avail. I applied loads of Plus Gas but they're seized solid.

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This is the front view. I've given up for today.

[Hooli]

Looks like you're at the Mr Angry Grinder & replace them with bolts you can do up stage.

[MLOR]

Do you have any box spanners the right size to get on the hex boltheads in the top photo.
Jam the tommy bar against a suitable stationary object and work on the nuts.
What size across the flats are those hex boltheads?

[Eddie Honda]

Slimwall socket? Box spanner?