Jaguar World Monthly Forum - 2001 Drive shaft UJ Replacement

Brian Senior Member Offline Posts: 739 east anglia Gender:	Re: 2001 Drive shaft UJ Replacement Reply #15 - 26.01.2012 at 18:00:47 Al, will take some photos to-morrow, made tool from bits and pieces found in workshop, enables bushes to be removed installed without removing A frame. It took me about an hour once tool was made(each side) Brian
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Reply #16 - 27.01.2012 at 23:33:57

XJ40S wrote on 26.01.2012 at 09:11:55:

I tried to replace A frame bushes without removing frame from car - got old bush out Ok by hacking them to bits / chisel / hacksaw.
When I tried to push new bush in from underside it got about 2/3rds way in then the car started to lift so I had to take frame off. Pushed in easily in 10 tonne press.

Driveshaft nut - manual says about 300 ft/lbs (from memory) I did not have 3/4 drive socket handy and had to weld a 1/2 inch drive to the end of a bit of 1 inch NB pipe.
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"WOW" 300ft/lb if mine were that tight I'm suprised I managed to loosen them at all . Could you please check that figure again as I will definetly have to tighten up again .

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Brian Senior Member Offline Posts: 739 east anglia Gender:	Re: 2001 Drive shaft UJ Replacement Reply #17 - 29.01.2012 at 11:06:39 here is a couple of photos of tool I made up to remove install A frame bushes on my X300, same as X308 OPPS will try to resize and post again Brian....bloody mobile phones
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Brian Senior Member Offline Posts: 739 east anglia Gender:	Re: 2001 Drive shaft UJ Replacement Reply #18 - 02.02.2012 at 00:00:36 try again
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Brian Senior Member Offline Posts: 739 east anglia Gender:	Re: 2001 Drive shaft UJ Replacement Reply #19 - 02.02.2012 at 00:01:26 another, the large threaded cylinder is a 4" pipe nipple, left over from a fitting job I did, the a bush fits inside this when extracted. the other tool pulls the bush back into the frame,just tighten nut.
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money_one_four Senior Member Offline Posts: 1405 Dartford Gender:	Re: 2001 Drive shaft UJ Replacement Reply #20 - 02.02.2012 at 01:28:21 Are you sure you are fitting bushes to a Jaguar Brian and not your Tractor just how big are these bushes on the A-frame ? All joking aside I can see how they work and if it saves taking the frame out I think it's a great idea . All the best Alan S.S.O.C
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Reply #21 - 05.02.2012 at 13:20:37

Al, I may live in Wisbech...but I am NOT a carrot cruncher !!the nearest I get to anything agricultural is a Range Rover, and then only under duress. Replaced the o/s A frame bush yesterday, the n/s was the one knocking, but having done one, might as well do the pair. This was much tighter than the n/s, just as well my tool was of the heavy duty variety, when pulling the bush out it is worth triming the rubber which protudes from the top of the bush before assembling tool, as this jams up as the bush squashes, have included a coupl of photos, the flash photos make the rust stand out, it does not look like that in 'real' life
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Brian Senior Member Offline Posts: 739 east anglia Gender:	Re: 2001 Drive shaft UJ Replacement Reply #22 - 05.02.2012 at 13:21:59 another, bush half out
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Brian Senior Member Offline Posts: 739 east anglia Gender:	Re: 2001 Drive shaft UJ Replacement Reply #23 - 05.02.2012 at 13:23:14 here you can see where the rubber gets trapped, trim up and it then pulls through ok.
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Brian Senior Member Offline Posts: 739 east anglia Gender:	Re: 2001 Drive shaft UJ Replacement Reply #24 - 05.02.2012 at 13:26:26 install
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Brian Senior Member Offline Posts: 739 east anglia Gender:	Re: 2001 Drive shaft UJ Replacement Reply #25 - 05.02.2012 at 13:27:48 All back together
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Brian Senior Member Offline Posts: 739 east anglia Gender:	Re: 2001 Drive shaft UJ Replacement Reply #26 - 05.02.2012 at 13:33:07 P.S Note the winter tyres,,really glad I fitted them, woke this morning to 4-5 inches of snow, at least they give the XJ some traction !!
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money_one_four Senior Member Offline Posts: 1405 Dartford Gender:	Re: 2001 Drive shaft UJ Replacement Reply #27 - 05.02.2012 at 18:34:45 Nice job Brian , tell me what is all that white stuff ? never seen that in the countryside before Alan S.S.O.C
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money_one_four Senior Member Offline Posts: 1405 Dartford Gender:	Re: 2001 Drive shaft UJ Replacement Reply #28 - 29.10.2012 at 01:42:05 Just an up-date on my wobble had new tyres fitted all round and tracked up , another big improvement , I think this has just about cured it but thinking of fitting new wheel bearings as these are becoming noisey now . Alan .
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