House's ITB XE build and re-build

[House]

An eventful few days!!

Popped to see Connor (Conza) last night to collect a little something.





Happy with what I paid, just need to get it in now!!

Whilst trying to cut a bolt off that was locked together, so we could get it in the car, I managed to do this



Bad Hackysawrus Rex, I wouldn't normally have bothered with A&E but it was still bleeding after 2 hours, apparently I'd cut a blood vessel or something.



All fixed and good to go!! They wanted to X-ray and stitch stich but it was 12.30 and I'd have had to wait another 2 hours for all that, so I just said "patch me up and send me out the door"

But before all this happened and while I was still a 2 handed car wrecking machine.



Little pressie from Quaife.







Only took about an hour to fit, put it in without the crown wheel first to set the bearings (on Iain's advice) then bolted it all up and filled it with oil and test drove, bish bash bosh, different car!!! Able to power on mid corner now, completely different driving style but one I'm very happy to get used to!!!



This final hose completed the removal of the awful yellow hoses!! It's only taken me 2.5 years to get rid of them!!

Took the car to see my old man



Love seeing it parked up!!

I also realised it was time to address a bit of an issue I've had since Donny last year, a rumbling grinding noise that I couldn't find!!

I finally nailed it down to wheel bearings again!! It appears that I've put the outer CV's and king nuts on wrong, the little spacer washer, I believed was simply to help get the nut out far enough to get a split pin in, but it is meant to go between the CV and the wheel bearing and not on the nut side as I had fitted them!! School boy error!!!

What's happened is the CV, when tightened, actually pinched onto the back of the machined down hub and not the back of the bearing, had I put the spacer in correctly then the CV would have been hard against the inside of the bearing.

As I'm sure we all know, the bearings are in 2 halves, and basically the front (outside) half was taking all the load and the rear (inisde) none at all, this has resulted in the inner part of the bearing actually machining the hub down, it literally falls in and out of the bearing now!! So, new hubs ordered, Iain is sourcing new bearings and whacking them into spare knuckles, then I'm up to his Wednesday evening with the car on the trailer, throw the hubs in and knuckles on and the Mallory Friday morning.

Nothing like a shonky last minute repair before a track day.

[Benn]

Erm what? The big washer should go on the nut side. It sits in the middle dip bit of the hub, with the nut doing up on to it. Shouldn't be on the rear. Sounds like you have the same thing i've had a few times. I use abs cv joints as they are a little different and sit right.

Hoses are much better, interested to see how you get on with the Quaife, as i'm not a fan of mine.

[Iain]

Nah the spacer one for big block bodging

[Benn]

What? What spacer?

[Iain]

Welcome to the forums Benn have you had a Nova long?

There's a thin washer that can go on the outer CV to space it away from the knuckle.

[Benn]

I've heard of people putting the thick one that should sit under the castle nut on the other side, i've never got why.
But never heard of a spacer you put on that side of the bearing. Like ever.

[josh-sri]

LMF hubs and shafts are supplied with a spacer that goes on the cv side of the bearing aswell

[House]

I've heard of people putting the thick one that should sit under the castle nut on the other side, i've never got why.
But never heard of a spacer you put on that side of the bearing. Like ever.

Pics to follow when Iain and I do the bizz on Wednesday

LMF hubs and shafts are supplied with a spacer that goes on the cv side of the bearing aswell

Yep, my LMF hubs came with thin spacers Iain mentions above, I just screwed up!!!

Lesson learned

[House]

Hoses are much better, interested to see how you get on with the Quaife, as i'm not a fan of mine.

I've already had a close call off a roundabout!! haha powered on, not really concentrating, expecting the understeer to take me off on the desired exit and ended up going back round the roundabout!! Will take some getting used to but I like it already, haven't really given it any proper beans as I've been concerned about the noise mentioned above.

What don't you like about it Benn?!

[BRoadGhost]

Hmm this is an interesting one as I'm always thinking about that outer CV on the near side due to my ride height. bringing the CV inboard with the washer on the inside will only increase the already acute angle shortening the distance it is from the gearbox; as long as the CV doesn't lock against the knuckle then it's fine. This is a slight modification to the knuckles that should be done when machining for the larger OD bearings.

...I've got ATB fun to come for the first time, as soon as it's back together & can't wait!