I'm in the process of restoring a rear axle and I'm having problems with one of the splined half-shaft adjusters which seems well and truly stuck in the axle-casing (apologies if my terminology is incorrect).
The axle casing/differential housing has sat without oil for a good long time - the adjuster on the other side still had some nasty oily black stuff around it and this was enough for it to unscrew easily.
I've tried lots of oil in there, tried some heat but nothing so far has got it shifting. Does anyone have any suggestions that I could try - or am I the first person in Austin 7 history to be in this position? Axle casing is standard D type and the stuck adjuster is in the larger side that houses the differential.
As ever all help/suggestions is really appreciated.
Having taken part in the Centenary Eurotour in Ruby and followed that up a few weeks later with a 500 mile round trip to Moreton all in 2022, there has been bit of a growing wanderlust, and a taste for another adventure in Ruby.
The love of driving holidays is deep seated, having driven to Warsaw in Poland, in a mini back in the early seventies crossing what was then "East Germany" between Hannover and Poznan thro' much barbed wire and machine gun posts (...and that was on the American side) and the over the years visited every state in the USA including travelling Route 66, Lincoln Highway, the full length of the route one east coast and the west coast drives, plus many European driving holidays.
I toyed with the idea of the joggle and talking this over with my good lady we decided that we should do it, and as we are now both past our biblical 3 score years and ten, the sooner the better!!!
Whilst we have previously ventured to Scotland, shock and horror, we have never seen The Highlands and Ruairidh's tales were too compelling to miss out on.
In my family, I have two members with Parkinson's, one being my wife, who will be "navigator in chief" on the trip, and the other an elder brother.
So we have decided we would take the opportunity to satisfy our wanderlust and at the same time try to raise some funds for a good cause, and so I have set up a "Just Giving" site for Parkinson's UK. Unfortunately I failed to work out how to add a direct link to this post, but if you feel you wish to support this charity you can go on to the Just Giving website and search:
Denis's fundraiser for Parkinson's UK, the site will automatically come up.
Our trip is not a race, it is planned to be an enjoyable three week run, a holiday even...... to take in the scenery, we are limiting our mileage each day, the maximum single day mileage is 157 miles (assuming we don't get lost), all other days are all less than this. For the first leg we will be driving up to JoG from North Kent. The second leg down to LE and the third back to North Kent.
I attach a copy of the route we are taking on an Excel sheet attached. All hotels are booked, mainly because the hotels in the far north were already limited in their availability.
I also attach a list of spares, tools, odd and sods we will be carrying.
Any additional advice/suggestions would be most welcome, how to make a pair of pants last four days etc......
I thank you for taking time out to read the post and hope we can keep you informed of our progress
I'm just in the process of rebuilding the D-Type rear axle for my Nippy. I have checked the runout on the crown wheel this morning and I am getting a reading of between 3-4 thou.
I was just wondering if this was within the expected tolerance?
As the title says. A much sought after used copy in fair condition, rear cover has minor detachment from the spine. All pages clean and not 'dog eared'.
This is a special offer to Austin 7 owners who I hope will not purchase to make a few bucks as it is valued, I believe, well below market price
For sale in UK at £90 + UK postage or in France for 100€ plus postage. For UK delivery, it would be posted 2nd week of April, France the week of the order.
Sold on first come first served and will not enter into a bidding match.
Sorting my fuel gauge and the float on the sender has been replaced with a piece of cork that has become extremely manky over the years, and so I want to replace it. I found this on ebay, which is about the right size (1 7/8" diameter by 1 3/8" deep). Has anyone found anything better that they could recommend please? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/182354967308?...media=COPY
Has anyone looked how Rolls Royce solved this balancing problem between left and right rear bakes?
The principle is described below (https://www.rrec20hpregister.com/media/3579/small-hp-brake-systemsv2.pdf):
The function of the brake equalisers is to apply the same tension to the pull ropes on each side of the car, and this is done by a bevel differential, identical in principle to that of a rear axle. Th mechanisms consist of two shafts, one long and one short, each with an output lever at its outer end and a bevel wheel at its inner end. Between these bevels is a planet carrier trunnion to which is bolted the input lever.
Does anyone have a spare bowl like this that I could buy? Ruairidh, whose hand and bowl are featured in the photo , advises that the one I have is wrong and should be replaced with the type shown.
Many condolenses to Andrew whilst I’m on the Forum. That’s tough.
I am very sorry to have to report that Norman Purves died last night. He had been in a hospice and this was expected, but it's very sad news. Many people will have met him at the Centenary rally at Moreton-in-Marsh, and seen 3 of his cars which were on display there together with David Mawby's collection. He specialised in very early cars and owned the earliest known production car, Chassis No. 71 (the green car), and was still enthusiastically building other early cars almost to the end.
A book on the history of Wolseley cars by St John Nixon details the early design work on cars by Herbert Austin - for example, the building of his first car in 1895, and what influenced the design. He was aware that its design infringed certain patents, and therefore the whole exercise was kept very quiet at the time.
Later, when the second experimental Wolseley car was built, it was of a very different design. Many of the changes were aimed at getting around patent infringements so that the design might be taken forward commercially. This shows that patents were important in the car industry as early as the 1890s, and that Herbert Austin needed to have them at the forefront of his mind when designing.
Therefore, when it came to the design of the Seven - with its many new features - it makes sense that Herbert Austin was thorough in using patents to protect his design?
I have not looked in detail at the wording of the patents themselves, but anyone in the 1920s wishing to ‘copy’ a Seven would have had to take them into account - and areas listed include frame, suspension, engine lubrication, steering gear, front axle and brakes, torque tube, gear box, radiator and body - so most of the major components.
Perhaps this helps explain why we have that long list of patents on the dashboard of our Sevens?