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by Robdavies
Fri Sep 27, 2019 6:22 pm
Forum: Daimler Forum (not SP250/251, 2.5 V8 or V8-250)
Topic: Driven Nuts !
Replies: 9
Views: 2619

Re: Driven Nuts !

Hi, Nothing tedious there friend. Seriously I could talk screw threads all day, and maybe one day I may even understand them. I do remember reading about the licence built Merlin engines. Our American cousins are still rather wary of English engines, hence the number of Jaguars with local V8 engines...
by Robdavies
Fri Sep 27, 2019 7:05 am
Forum: Daimler Forum (not SP250/251, 2.5 V8 or V8-250)
Topic: Driven Nuts !
Replies: 9
Views: 2619

Re: Driven Nuts !

Hello Nick, Thanks for that, I have pretty much managed to digest the secret law of Whitworth re nut/spanner sizes ie a nut advertised as 11/16 bsf is smaller than the 11/16 bsw I'm looking for, but is the bolt thread the same diameter and pitch, but a smaller / less massive nut used ie smaller meas...
by Robdavies
Tue Sep 24, 2019 3:55 pm
Forum: Daimler Forum (not SP250/251, 2.5 V8 or V8-250)
Topic: Driven Nuts !
Replies: 9
Views: 2619

Re: Driven Nuts !

Hello Chris, Thanks for your note, I found them but they are 11/16 bsf. Now all of the rest of the car is bsw so I need to get my thread gage out and check to see exactly what I have. I assume both bsw and bsf are measured the same way, so a 11/16th spanner would fit both. I'm still getting used to ...
by Robdavies
Sat Sep 21, 2019 3:56 pm
Forum: Daimler Forum (not SP250/251, 2.5 V8 or V8-250)
Topic: Driven Nuts !
Replies: 9
Views: 2619

Re: Driven Nuts !

Hello Chris,
Yes, they do indeed have split pins.
By the way, where are 11/16 whitworth nuts available, it's an odd, little used size and when I was doing a "just in case I b****r it up" replacement search I couldn't find any.
Cheers Rob.
by Robdavies
Fri Sep 06, 2019 1:18 pm
Forum: Daimler Forum (not SP250/251, 2.5 V8 or V8-250)
Topic: Driven Nuts !
Replies: 9
Views: 2619

Re: Driven Nuts !

Well, after a great deal of cleaning and checking I can tell you that the near side 11/16 axel bolt on a Daimler 15 unscrews anti clockwise in the normal way.
by Robdavies
Thu Sep 05, 2019 3:42 pm
Forum: Daimler Forum (not SP250/251, 2.5 V8 or V8-250)
Topic: Driven Nuts !
Replies: 9
Views: 2619

Driven Nuts !

Hello, Regarding the Daimler 15, 1937. Just a quickie, does the near side/portside rear axel nut,11/16 unfasten clockwise or anti clockwise. The thread is very rusted and slightly damaged so its hard to tell, but it might undo the "wrong way" due to wheel rotation. Better to know before he...
by Robdavies
Tue Sep 03, 2019 9:25 pm
Forum: Daimler Forum (not SP250/251, 2.5 V8 or V8-250)
Topic: 15 - Differential strip.
Replies: 9
Views: 1476

Re: 15 - Differential strip.

Good evening, I must admit it is very tempting, it's not actually broken, but it does have a lot of sediment, metal flakes and crud in it. That said, it does work, I don't have the right extractor or even a large enough socket so prehaps it is the one occasion when I should just do what I can and no...
by Robdavies
Tue Sep 03, 2019 7:00 am
Forum: Daimler Forum (not SP250/251, 2.5 V8 or V8-250)
Topic: 15 - Differential strip.
Replies: 9
Views: 1476

Re: 15 - Differential strip.

Hello again. Bingo now I get it, yes the sleeve is the trick but oh what a tricky trick ! I've made a few simple service tools in the past but this one would be a Doozy ! At least with the part number and an idea of what it actually does I feel better equipped. Anyway some light has been shed in the...
by Robdavies
Mon Sep 02, 2019 11:00 pm
Forum: Daimler Forum (not SP250/251, 2.5 V8 or V8-250)
Topic: 15 - Differential strip.
Replies: 9
Views: 1476

Re: 15 - Differential strip.

Hello, This is a tricky one, I wrote the following after studying the pictures and the drawings in the parts catalogue which seems to show a retaining sleave inside the bearing, but on studying the profile drawing of area it seems that the bearing sits directly onto the internals so how the hell doe...
by Robdavies
Sat Aug 31, 2019 9:41 am
Forum: Daimler Forum (not SP250/251, 2.5 V8 or V8-250)
Topic: 15 - Differential strip.
Replies: 9
Views: 1476

Re: 15 - Differential strip.

Good morning, Thank you for taking the time to give your good advice it certainly helps. I was just going to peep through the filler plate and flush out but on seeing the crown wheel I thought I'd better take a closer look. The outer edges of the teeth seem to be in fairly good condition, but the wo...