Three wheeled Austin Seven...

[Roland Alcock]

The saga continues. I didn't really like the look of the position of the split pin on the half shaft when I changed the wheel studs on the other side of the axle. The nut was so far down the thread the split pin was barely in the castellation slots. Sunday travelled 50 miles to Much Marcle VSCC gathering and back, with a passenger (but no dogs) and car performed well. Then in the afternoon had another 5 mile trip to a local car show, no passenger but both dogs on the back seat. On leaving the show strange crink/crunk/crack noises started from the rear end. Stopped (no rain for 8 days and found the only puddle in the county) and ascertained nothing was loose and falling off, but got muddy hands. Continued home and on jacking the car up found the axle was not differentialling. Removed offending hub and centred the half shaft position and diff worked freely. Hopefully the half shaft taper is not worn as much as the hub taper. I will discover tomorrow when I pick up a fresh hub tonight from HA7C. Must have been the weight of the dogs in the back that sent the axle all unnecessary!

Roly

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The dogs have noise dampers suited to rpm in a Seven.  For long trips I resorted to cotton wool.
 
The RN/RP rear seat is very comfortable for a small car, especially so for dogs who have no problem with  the footwell.
 
If I had lost a wheel would have adopted much the same expression as dog on the left.

The A7 is the dogs car of choice, this is the car they run to for a ride. Next most popular is the Riley RME than the Spridget, and lastly the modern.

I find leaving my hearing aids at home give levels of audio luxury that others can only dream of.

R.