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Jun 17, 2021 12:56:54 GMT
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To be fair, that pivot on the axle probably only moves a few degrees over the full suspension travel so it's just water getting into the bearings - with only a felt washer protecting them (great for holding water against the bearings!) it's hardly suprising to see that sort of damage. Yes, shafts are fine. Oh, it's a pivot bearing. I thought it was a driveshaft bearing! Ok, not so unexpected if it's just moving up and down like that. Bike headset bearings do exactly the same thing for the same reason. |
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jimi
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Jun 17, 2021 14:40:29 GMT
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To be fair, that pivot on the axle probably only moves a few degrees over the full suspension travel so it's just water getting into the bearings - with only a felt washer protecting them (great for holding water against the bearings!) it's hardly suprising to see that sort of damage. Yes, shafts are fine. Oh, it's a pivot bearing. I thought it was a driveshaft bearing! Me too  |
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Black is not a colour ! .... Its the absence of colour
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Jun 17, 2021 21:22:36 GMT
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I'm fairly certain a good number of the rebuild kits for the hub pivots come with a new centre tube. At least they did last time I looked at them  |
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Jun 17, 2021 22:42:45 GMT
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Biturbo - do you have any links as to where to source them? David Manners seems the best place I have found so far. Tonight was a better night, much cooler so easier to work Seat frames that were finished yesterday;  Then it was on to a bit more painting. Primer goes on to the bootlid gutter and also tha last bit of wing that I reprofiled.  Then it was a change of colour primer for the seat frames;  And a quick lick over the welded clutch pedal, these will get sanded and painted better at a later date.  I painted the grill shell in grey, but as I was also using black I very roughly did the grill in black to give Phil an idea how the final colours will look like.  301 hours. |
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Jun 19, 2021 18:22:44 GMT
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The rear wing on the passenger side tucks in a bit at the back edge, so it needs a bit of stiffening up. The piece of wood is holding it at the correct position. Some foam was cut into a triangular shape & bonded on with Tiger seal.  Then some fibreglass was laid over it, only a couple of layers so far, it will need several more to get to full strength.  Then it was back to bodywork. The drivers side gutter was smoothed off enough for a coat of primer to see where we are at. Passenger side needs a bit more work before primer can go on. It looks good in the photo but it needs a lot more work to get it to flow nicely from the roof profile into the gutter - it's a bit flat at present.  And we have not seen the rear lamp housing for a while, but it's almost done now.  304 hours. |
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Jun 20, 2021 21:19:36 GMT
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A good day today on the car - Phil went home looking like a chimney sweep  Phils job for the day was to strip the remaining floor under the boot of underseal & paint/rust. He also removed the gearbox crossmember so he could clean up the last part of the underfloor behind the crossmember. I give him all the best jobs  While he was cleaning up the floor I laid some more glass on the foam ribs on the rear wing.  hopefully this will be strong enough tomorrow to take the wing off and glass it all the right way up! I cleaned up the crossmember while Phil was grinding away;  The boot floor is cleaned up & ready for degreasing and rust killer.  And the rest of the floor, not far off getting some primer on it.  Phil also cleaned up & ground back part of the chassis where it had been plated many years ago, I then fully seam welded the lower edge where it appeared to not have been fully welded originally. I think that is the last bit of repair welding done on the car now (apart from the sills) any other welding will be if we want to fabricate anything new. While Phil was getting covered in rust & underseal I worked on the front inner wings, cleaning them up after rust treatment and making a start on matching them to the front A posts.   Starting to match nicely.  309 hours. |
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The level of your work is first class,
Loving the degree of detail you both go to,
(My Dad always said "if a jobs worth doing, it's worth doing properly")
This car, and yours Blackpop, are stunning,
Nigel
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BMW E39 525i Sport
BMW E46 320d Sport Touring (now sold on.)
BMW E30 325 Touring (now sold on.)
BMW E30 320 Cabriolet (Project car - currently for sale.)
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Thanks Nigel, your comments are much appreciated.
I agree with your Dad 100%
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Jun 21, 2021 10:25:38 GMT
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Great stuff Mark. Keep at it. Phil is certainly getting a good deal here, bet he's pleased as pie.
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Jun 21, 2021 17:58:18 GMT
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I think he's pretty pleased Aaron, to quote one of his friends " he's like a dog with 2 dicks' |
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Norman
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Jun 21, 2021 18:25:56 GMT
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Hi Mark, Great work as usual, also great attention to detail. Do you apply filler directly to the epoxy primer, do you key it first. All the best, Norman
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Jun 21, 2021 19:24:06 GMT
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Hi Norman,
Always key it first. Epoxy is tough stuff so you can key with 120 grit quite easily.
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Jun 22, 2021 16:15:08 GMT
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Biturbo - do you have any links as to where to source them? David Manners seems the best place I have found so far. David Manners is fine yeah. I've got bits from British Parts as well. Here's their version of the kit. AFAIK they're all the same between all variants of the Jag IRS, but I haven't looked at it so much for the pre-XJ40 versions. The Jag classic car parts site should tell you whether they're the same part numbers. Oh, and not sure about the early IRS, but on the late ones there's a little handbrake retaining circlip that is invariably rusty and weak. It's shared with the Metro, so grab one from Rimmerbros for a couple of quid! |
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Last Edit: Jun 22, 2021 21:50:16 GMT by biturbo228
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Jun 22, 2021 18:26:22 GMT
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biturbo228 you link is broken? I've been told Ward engineering are also a good supplier?
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Jun 22, 2021 18:28:30 GMT
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No photos from last night but I painted the underside of the car with hydrate 80 and glassed a bit more on the ribs on the rear wing - on the bench this time so a bit nicer to do.
A bit more sanding & filler work on the inner wings was also done.
311 hours.
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Jun 22, 2021 21:51:43 GMT
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biturbo228 you link is broken? I've been told Ward engineering are also a good supplier? So it is. Try that I've heard good things about Ward Engineering too. |
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Jun 22, 2021 22:45:08 GMT
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Cheers for that. The link looks different to what is on this axle though. More glassing tonight, I think that should be it for the ribs.  Drivers inner wing was sanded more & deemed good enough for paint, passenger side needed a bit more filler work so will have to wait.  And gearbox crossmember got primed as well.  313 hours |
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How do you manage to spray in your garage without colossal overspray and dust everywhere? Do you have a secret extraction system?
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Jun 23, 2021 11:58:59 GMT
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How do you manage to spray in your garage without colossal overspray and dust everywhere? Do you have a secret extraction system? Yes |
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Jun 23, 2021 12:05:29 GMT
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To explain better.
I have a big extractor fan that shifts a colossal amount of air (84.5 cubic metres of air per minute) which pulls all of the vapours out of the garage straight away.
The other reason is setting the gun up correctly. Primer (as it is thicker) does not produce a lot of overspray anyway, but also you only need about 25 psi at the gun - most people spray with far too much pressure which put more paint in the air and less on the workpiece.
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