Have you de-striped Mavis, or does your sig need an update?

Red sills. Yet again (as with Slamboo), you/ve managed to create a low car that I really like, and I would keep it that way were I ever to buy it.

Good luck with the interview.

Thanks guys, It's all about Peugeot wheels now.

Red sills, and black door handles to match the boot.

I rebooked it for an MOT tomorrow morning, spent the day doing all the stupid little jobs that seem to take so much time, and took it for a spin up the road. Either I hadn't noticed, or it's suddenly got a lot worse, but one of the front wheel bearings is Donald ducked. There's no way on earth it'll pass a legit MOT, and it's actually so noisy I can't see me putting up with it for long if it did. I don't have any more arms like this, and I don't have a wheelbearing to swap either. I could rob both the arms off the ami but I know that's got a ropey kingpin, so would probably fail anyway.

I'll take it down and see what else they can find, then take it back with everything fixed next week, I hope.

Is a wheel bearing a gash job? don't I need a special tool and a press?

Have some more photographs anyway.









Please bear in mind when looking at those pictures, that it's purely set at that hieght for its MOT, to prevent any chance of it settling onto the bump stops, and so they can get thier jack under it.

Going for a MOT for my 2cv also tomorrow.. Fixed all the things they found in june.. But didn't have time to go to the MOT-station

Ride height at the back looks good, but the front is way too high

For the wheelbearing you need a special tool, press don't know.. Never changed mine

I have a couple of spare front arms with - as far as I know - good kingpins and wheel bearings. They owe me fifty quid, since that's what I paid Spanners for them, but you're welcome to them if they'll help you out. I've never had them on a car so I can't guarantee the bearing condition but they seem ok to me.

hey Good luck, I hope your car does better than mine will!

The whole car is way too high, but as soon as it is legal, that will change!

The awkward bit about doing the wheel bearing is removing the lock ring. The lock ring is screwed into place and there are two centre punch stake marks to stop it from moving.

You start by pulling out the drive shaft, same as you would when doing a king pin. Obviously you need to lock the front hub which can be done by sticking something through the hole in the hub or by using a locking bar on the wheel studs.

There is an oil seal on both sides of the hub, pull it out with your favourite oil seal hooking tool; the inner seal sits inside the lock ring.




knock the hub out of the wheel bearing, I like to use a copper hide mallet, that way it is hard to do damage.



When you've knocked it out stick it in the freezer. I find domestic management always congratulates you for your inventiveness when the bacg of peas and box of fish fingers is covered in Duck oil penrtration fluid; and it adds flavour...

You then need to drill out the two stakes.



The next job is to remove the lock ring. I've never managed to take one out in one piece without the right tool.



A tool like the one below



It bolts into place like so





You'll either need a long bar to shift it (sit on the bar and clobber it with a lump hammer) although I confess to laziness and reaching for a 3/4" windy gun.

The ring coming out will pull the bearing part way out of its housing. Once the ring is out remove the tool and tap the bearing all the way out. Your new bearing (don't buy the cheap ones, get a decent quality version) should be in the freezer with the peas and the front hub. They do work better with a bit of extra grease, peas however are not a great lubricant.

I tend to heat the hub with a hot air gun.



The temperature differential will allow you to just pop the bearing in place without resorting to violence. Snug the locking ring back into place (a new one is good practice but not essential). Stake the ring to lock it in place.

By now the bearing is at room temperarature (you did add some extra bearing grease right?) Replace the outer oil seal. A bit of vaseline in the groove will stop the spring from dislodging. The nice cold hub will tap easily into place. Replace the innner oil seal, followed by the drive shaft.

Enjoy the sound of silence.