Pete Lewis Posted June 30, 2019 Report Share Posted June 30, 2019 my friendly mot man keeps bleating about i have excessive end float on the rear hub of my 2000 mk2 so off with the wheel drum 6 nuts and pull the shaft out the gaitor ...simples ,being of cautious mind Hmmm. i called paul (Gully) and today we decided its well within the 0.002" spec so put it all back great help from my younger farternity as once on me knee's i forget why im down there here's the rub have had in cupboard for a year some new drums care of a one of our friendly good suppliers on offer cheap . its all on and torqued up jack stowed and tea brewing when looking at the old drum the new does not have the 18mm open holes to allow de adjusting the pawl and ratchet adjuster , so its off with the wheel and drum and cone cut two new holes , i do have a draw of holes but all the wrong size well its cooler today jobs are easier in 22c than 36c when im on strike Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted June 30, 2019 Report Share Posted June 30, 2019 If you need more holes, I have some in the floor of my bodytub and don't need them or want them, so can send them over. If they're too small just leave them for a while and they'll increase all by themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted June 30, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2019 Thanks a lot Colin , meant to add it needs extra friendly hands to align the master spline and get the shaft back through the gaitor on me own i would still be fighting this simple task till lighting up time wonky knees , varifocals, grease and dying lamp syndrome i mean 10mins to strip down an hour of swearing till paul said lets shove the gaitor up the shaft and refit over once assembled . dont you just hate clever helpers !!! done in 30 seconds pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted June 30, 2019 Report Share Posted June 30, 2019 40 minutes ago, Pete Lewis said: Thanks a lot Colin , meant to add it needs extra friendly hands to align the master spline and get the shaft back through the gaitor on me own i would still be fighting this simple task till lighting up time wonky knees , varifocals, grease and dying lamp syndrome i mean 10mins to strip down an hour of swearing till paul said lets shove the gaitor up the shaft and refit over once assembled . dont you just hate clever helpers !!! done in 30 seconds pete In layman's terms - he can't get it in by himself. Even after taking ten minutes to strip down and with the aid of grease. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted June 30, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2019 why didnt i think like that Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gully Posted June 30, 2019 Report Share Posted June 30, 2019 Happy to help - thank you for the good coffee and Belgian bun! Gully Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted June 30, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2019 Coffee and buns from Aldi poor old pensioners have to be cheap. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougbgt6 Posted June 30, 2019 Report Share Posted June 30, 2019 I've had some good nosh at chateau Lewis, well worth a stop over. db Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted July 1, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 Now holes has turned into B &B and cooking into horns Do we need a post Called Drifters Paradise Ha !!! Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougbgt6 Posted July 1, 2019 Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 I stayed in the same hotel as them once. db Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badwolf Posted July 1, 2019 Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 I'm not sure if the forum search function is up to finding all these bits and pieces of drift. I think that's why new threads spring up regularly with the same enquires. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted July 1, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 should have left the holes off, thought today easy fit the opposite new drum ...yeah its off in 5 minutes, need to de adjust the pawl and ratchet , theres no hole visible in the pawl, so ok a quiet lever it up witha smal driver, cobblers, the thing has decided to jump off the ratchet and disappear,, so now its shoes off , thats a bit of a pig with the big hubs same on TR stag ect. but its front shoe off ok , refit the pawl and fiddle the return springs back across behind the hub, so they all fall off bu**ger anyway its all on used the piers with a knotch ground in to refit the hold down washers , but needed three shreaded wheat to press them in ive replaced these on other cars with a setscrew and nylock nut far easier but decided i had to persuasively push and shove the things back in place ...getting too old for fighting this stuff drum on and a press of the pedal brought the exciting zippy sound of the ratchet opening up. wheel on and cuppa after an 10 min job took an hour so a rang Doug and had a moan. and the sun keeps disappearing Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badwolf Posted July 1, 2019 Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 Pete - Time for a thread about the weather??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted July 1, 2019 Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 In a nutshell - it's good, until you have something planned or need to go somewhere. Then it rains.* Outside of a nutshell, it's the same. *Blazing sunshine all week until the club comes to my garage on Saturday, when it downpours all morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougbgt6 Posted July 1, 2019 Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 1 hour ago, Pete Lewis said: wheel on and cuppa after an 10 min job took an hour so a rang Doug and had a moan. All my fault, apparently. db Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badwolf Posted July 1, 2019 Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 Sorry, forgot, we do have a thread for the weather... titled... 'joke' (also covers politics) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted July 1, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 dont rely on me ,you can all start posts about whatever subject you choose So long as it involves senior moments , cock ups, misguided adventures and sacks Well if you live in Harpeneden its said 'sex ' is a thing you keep your potatoes in. Pete 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave.vitesse Posted July 1, 2019 Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 50 minutes ago, Pete Lewis said: Well if you live in Harpeneden its said 'sex ' is a thing you keep your potatoes in. Pete I bet you get a good crop of spuds in Harpeneden! Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted July 1, 2019 Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 24 minutes ago, dave.vitesse said: I bet you get a good crop of spuds in Harpeneden! Dave I'll bet they all look like their parents, too.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted July 1, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 i think we are so lucky we're all a bit DAFT !!!!!!!!!!!!!! Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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