Broken Axle half shaft?

Charger · Post by **Charger** » Tue Feb 17, 09 2:53 pm

... best order new brake shoes as well mate, the ones you have there look well soaked in oil

TYREMAN · Post by **TYREMAN** » Tue Feb 17, 09 3:04 pm

They are,dam thought they may clean up? will do.

ANTON · Post by **ANTON** » Tue Feb 17, 09 3:36 pm

I got my half shaft seals from Specialist Autoparts In Yoevil. Barry is very helpful and has loads of parts but also ships in from the states every friday. 01935426517

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Tue Feb 17, 09 5:31 pm

TYREMAN wrote:OK cheers Sandy/Dunc/Kev

Sandy where would you recommend ordering the parts from? anywhere in the UK to get the bearings and seals + Diff Oil fast?

Cheers.

Sent you a PM, Tony

Ivor · Post by **Ivor** » Tue Feb 17, 09 5:51 pm

Now come on Tony, own up to Sandy that you were racing the old girl!

Nice bit of technical on 9" Ford axles though, I'm enjoying this!

Ivor · Post by **Ivor** » Tue Feb 17, 09 5:52 pm

Now come on Tony, own up to Sandy that you were racing the old girl!

Nice bit of technical on 9" Ford axles though, I'm enjoying this! I had one on my Chevy powered Cresta gasser, solid piece of kit...

mad machs · Post by **mad machs** » Tue Feb 17, 09 6:32 pm

Same deal on my Ford 9inch axle, bearing let go on one side, it was pretty old though so fair wear & tear

The shaft should just pull out once the retaining plate is undone,well, by pull out I mean extract with a slide hammer. We don't need no stinking C clips.

Great site on the Ford 9 http://www.kevinstang.com/Ninecase.htm

Ian Z · Post by **Ian Z** » Tue Feb 17, 09 6:35 pm

Jeez Tony, did you see me as you passed me about J31 on M6? I was doin 70, what were you doin?

Seriously, hope u get it sorted soon. Sure its not much.

TYREMAN · Post by **TYREMAN** » Tue Feb 17, 09 8:32 pm

Thanks

i may have got the Bearings and seals sorted thanks to Sandy's spares for his Falcon.Cheers mate :thumbright:you have been kind, i will get the pads myself and I'm going to chicken out and leave the Work to an expert,probably Dave's mate Tricky.

Ivor Just worked out it was not 70mph i must have looked at the tach instead and it was 7K rpm

moparnutterz · Post by **moparnutterz** » Tue Feb 17, 09 8:41 pm

Spoke to Tricky, he can do it next week, will pm you his number

mopar_mark · Post by **mopar_mark** » Wed Feb 18, 09 9:20 pm

Charger wrote:... best order new brake shoes as well mate, the ones you have there look well soaked in oil

Shoes seem to have quite a bit of life in them, I would clean them off & give em a good soaking in cheap thinners/gun wash.

I have cleaned shoes/pads before, but used trich or Genklene, not readily avaialble these days, due to environmental issues. Excellent degreasers though

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Thu Feb 19, 09 9:29 am

I used to use a de-greaser from work that we are not allowed to use any more. Which means I can't liberate any for home any more.

But yes. I have cleaned up oily brake shoes before. Baking them in your mothers oven to burn off any oil left works well but can lead to a thick ear for filling the house with fumes as I once found out.

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Thu Feb 19, 09 9:33 am

You can buy Brake cleaner in a can for about a fiver. Works well

I remember my mate putting his Triumph Bonneville crank cases in his mum's oven (with the Sunday roast) so we could get the main bearings out.

She was not best pleased.

Duckhams does not have the same ambiance as horseradish sauce...........

Kev · Post by **Kev** » Thu Feb 19, 09 11:50 am

Castrol R does though, eh?

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Thu Feb 19, 09 12:00 pm

Ahhh! the best smell in the world - a 2-stroke race at Brands Hatch

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