Mike, you can modify that top brake line bracket to be removable by simply removing one bolt. Just drill out the hole big enough to fit over the hex bolt head closest to the upright bit. It makes it easier to remove the caliper without disturbing both the top swivel or the brake hydraulics which I sometimes needed when out in the bush. It doesn't effect anything just makes the dismantle job easier if required.
Top tip for you Mike, when undoing small rusted bolts. Grind off the front face of your socket to remove the tapered part ensuring greater contact with the bolt. This helps prevent the bolt rounding over. Thanks for posting your videos, it helps me keep my old disco on the road.
A Bloody 1 Stephen I do that with all me spanners and sockets, irrelevant of what value they are, No feck'n Snap-On & Break-Off tools in my tool chest It's like getting right in there when Y'er in da saddle They're the Guchey Handbags and Jimmy Choo Choo's of the Mechanic's World Status Symbol's, like Lad's that won't drive anything but Merc or a Bemer Happy New Year Stephen Jack Vaughan Tipperary Ireland
Hi Mike. Really like watching your channel and it's content. Never owned a Land Rover although have driven both the Short and Long Wheel Base. 40+ years ago (not in the services) 🐘🦁🐯🐒. See you in the next one. 👍👍
Same here Norman, Mike's some Baby ain't He, You'll still get yourself a tidy'ish decent Series 1, 2 or 3 at smallish money if you look about, one that's kinda been looked after, and if yer anyway handy with a few spanners You'll keep Her going Kinda like a woman without all the makeup and visits to the hair dresser, but still needs a bit of regular care and attention You'll still knock some crack out of her if you're not into power & speed Happy New Year Norman Jack Vaughan Tipperary Ireland
Absolutely love your videos! Attempted the swivel seals and bearings replacement on my 90 today and thanks to you it all went great! Never got that deep into the hub before but your videos gave me the confidence to tackle the job myself. Keep up the amazing work
The grease does not foam like EP90 and foam cases pressure - the housing is not vented like the axles or transmission so could be a factor in leaking seals
Mike, should that smaller seal, the one that was leaking, be fitted the other way around? While it is meant to keep both oil quantities separated, axle and swivel, the swivel level is meant to be the higher and will normally want to migrate to the axle, so shouldn’t the lip face the swivel and the solid shoulder face the axle?
That is the correct way - if you recall hypoid gear oils foams and create pressure - if the breather is blocked then there will be pressure in the axle case - so the seal spring faces the pressure side I cannot recall which video section, but I mentioned that the swivel housings are not vented and could be a reason why the early series seals leaked perhaps due to the foaming gear oil creating pressure thus leaking. The liquid grease in the tubes does not foam
@@BritannicaRestorations That makes sense. Did they swap the seal direction when they went from oil filled swivels to 1-shot? There would be problems either way, as any increased pressure in the swivel that was allowed to escape through seal orientation would lead to an underpresssure when the vehicle is static or cold, worsening the sucking water in through hub seals when wading.
If the swivel is all fine only the inner seal is leading, can you remove the swivel assembled with half shaft and split it at the axes flange to replace just that seal. The swivels balls on my defender have been replaced, but something went wrong with the inner seal.
This is what I did recently. Kept the hub assy whole, as I removed it from the axle. I left the drive shaft in place & managed to swap out the seal. Mike's videos are making me wonder if my swivel ball is now empty or full of axle oil 😞............
AAARRRHHH Jayyssuuss Mike ! (and) the Mechanic (s) as I call Ya, as your nearly, from the same neck of the woods as Paul Carrick, back yonder in Yorkshire, well, 60 miles or so You've just again, given away some of the "Little Trade Secrets", the trick with the Solder for Shim Gauging Assemblies, I use'ta do it all the time building engines (where the Block was Decked & the B*st*rds never let you know how much was taken off) Gearboxes & all kinds a mad stuff, Just a tip for your Fan's, I use'ta just pinch the bolts of the flange up and count the amount of flats on the bolts/nuts equally as I tightened it up, so you ended up with the same thickness of the squeez Solder to get the shim thickness, Just throwing my Tuppence Halfpenny into da hat I've only just discovered that my PayPal Subsription to you terminated for some reason, I'll re-establish it again Mike, You're worth every Ha'penny of it, I wish I could afford to give you more, Just an idea for You, could you give us Lad's out here in La La Land, where some people seem to think that Entertaining / Knowledgeable Shows like yours "Just Happen", and after watching, couldn't be bothered their arsehole to Hit the Like Button, I note that you don't seem to have an Interval Break for Adverts (Pop-Up's) half way through a quarter or half hour show (if you were watching some Brain Fart show on da telly, they'd be an Ad every 10 minutes, and then you have none for the start or end of your show, I'm not a believer in paying the monthly charge for stopping Pop-Up's, as I'm sure it means the Google-Tube video creator gets even less revenue, Can you give us some idea how it works, i.e. How much per view, do You get paid if we hit the "Skip Ad" button etc etc, and I guarantee you most if not all of your Fans would approve of more Ad's if you threw a vote out Which has less fee's for you for Subsription's, PayPal or Patreon etc etc Sorry for the long Rant, and just to tell you, You're a F**k'n Genius Mike Thanks Mike Jack Vaughan Tipperary Ireland PS, I think I asked you before in an email or something, would you consider Auctioning for Charity or other, one of your lovely old Shop Coats, Un-Washed preferably !, so the winner could get that lovely comforting smell that only mechanic's can appreciate of the smell of Oil and a good Garage Workshop, and most of all, Just to have a little bit of "Our Mike"
Evening Jack and happy new year! I make a point of never asking for subscribers or click like etc - everybody does it, but it gets annoying begging, and I worked out that even if you have a million subscribers does not mean that each video gets viewed a million times - I worked out it was 27% of subscribers watch - HOWEVER, I do get an average view count of 10,000 a day - and that is what counts - returning viewers An easy solution to the adverts is you add a plugin to your web browser like AdBlock I have limited control of the adverts and I thought it was set to prevent adverts mid video ( I use AdBlock so I never see what is going on!) As for the shop coats - lol! I mentioned this to Debra last year and she said there is no efing way anyone would want a used shop coat! Let me see, as they are all due for a re fit and I am having some company logo cloth patches made!
@@BritannicaRestorations Top a Da Morning Mike Ya I'm trying to find out how it all works meself, as I said, if it meant Top Class Men like You got an extra 1/2 cent per view, I wouldn't install Ad-Blocker, Shure t'wud g'me a chance to make a mug of taayy anyway Ah jaysus go on and find one of the Roughest Dirtiest Coats dat you can find and smell it, isn't dat a lovely comforting aroma ! It reminds me of when I was a child of 2 or 3 and I'd be rooting through me Grandfather's auld drawers and tool boxes, ya'know that smell you get from an old tool box, t'was he dat a'woke da interest anything to do with nut & bolts 50 years ago, he'd always have an auld carburettor or something for me when we'd go to see him on a sunday We only ever had an Auld visegrip's & a Swan neck 1/2 - 9/16's & 7/8 - 15/16's spanner, I'd open anything I could find with them (still have them) me auld Fella went mad one day when the Ferguson 20 fell in 2 half's when he went foddering da cattle Gw'on and Auction one of your Lovely Auld Shop Coats for Pure Crack, and let the Winner pay's the cost of postage & Donate the proceeds to one of your local Men's Mental Health or Cancer Charities etc etc As I said, Just to have a Little Bit of "Our Mike" Mike, You're a Gentleman the way you take the time to answer nearly all your Fan's Comments It means alot to us I'd better pull me finger out & go to work, t'is half two in the morning here Thanks a million Mike Jack Vaughan Tipperary Ireland
@@BritannicaRestorations I guarantee you we won't be annoyed Mike Just remind Lad's to Hit the Like Button at least, and if they want to see their name on the rolling credits, like the movies, make a small donation Piles of other Lad's do it, AvE, Tubalcane, This Old Tony, Hydraulic Press, Essential Craftsman etc etc Gw'on, You know You're Worth it
Mike, you can modify that top brake line bracket to be removable by simply removing one bolt. Just drill out the hole big enough to fit over the hex bolt head closest to the upright bit. It makes it easier to remove the caliper without disturbing both the top swivel or the brake hydraulics which I sometimes needed when out in the bush. It doesn't effect anything just makes the dismantle job easier if required.
Good idea!
Top tip for you Mike, when undoing small rusted bolts. Grind off the front face of your socket to remove the tapered part ensuring greater contact with the bolt. This helps prevent the bolt rounding over. Thanks for posting your videos, it helps me keep my old disco on the road.
Sounds like a good tip. I will have to give that a try.
A Bloody 1 Stephen
I do that with all me spanners and sockets, irrelevant of what value they are, No feck'n Snap-On & Break-Off tools in my tool chest
It's like getting right in there when Y'er in da saddle
They're the Guchey Handbags and Jimmy Choo Choo's of the Mechanic's World
Status Symbol's, like Lad's that won't drive anything but Merc or a Bemer
Happy New Year Stephen
Jack Vaughan
Tipperary
Ireland
All my impact sockets are like this!
Just love watching you work Mike. Fascinating yet again. Thank you. 😊
Many thanks!
Same here Dave
Happy New Year
Lots of great tips as usual 👍🏼
Glad you think so!
Hi Mike. Really like watching your channel and it's content. Never owned a Land Rover although have driven both the Short
and Long Wheel Base. 40+ years ago (not in the services) 🐘🦁🐯🐒. See you in the next one. 👍👍
Welcome aboard!
Same here Norman,
Mike's some Baby ain't He,
You'll still get yourself a tidy'ish decent Series 1, 2 or 3 at smallish money if you look about, one that's kinda been looked after, and if yer anyway handy with a few spanners
You'll keep Her going
Kinda like a woman without all the makeup and visits to the hair dresser, but still needs a bit of regular care and attention
You'll still knock some crack out of her if you're not into power & speed
Happy New Year Norman
Jack Vaughan
Tipperary
Ireland
Absolutely love your videos! Attempted the swivel seals and bearings replacement on my 90 today and thanks to you it all went great! Never got that deep into the hub before but your videos gave me the confidence to tackle the job myself. Keep up the amazing work
Glad to help!
Thanks for the tip , King Mike.
Cheers. 🥃
Any time!
I know you load new swivel's with one shot grease but when I do my periodic driveline maint. I top mine up with gear oil
The grease does not foam like EP90 and foam cases pressure - the housing is not vented like the axles or transmission so could be a factor in leaking seals
Nice vid Mike. Did you know that Marconi (radio fella) was related to the Jameson family?🇻🇨
No way!
Mike, should that smaller seal, the one that was leaking, be fitted the other way around? While it is meant to keep both oil quantities separated, axle and swivel, the swivel level is meant to be the higher and will normally want to migrate to the axle, so shouldn’t the lip face the swivel and the solid shoulder face the axle?
That is the correct way - if you recall hypoid gear oils foams and create pressure - if the breather is blocked then there will be pressure in the axle case - so the seal spring faces the pressure side
I cannot recall which video section, but I mentioned that the swivel housings are not vented and could be a reason why the early series seals leaked perhaps due to the foaming gear oil creating pressure thus leaking.
The liquid grease in the tubes does not foam
@@BritannicaRestorations That makes sense. Did they swap the seal direction when they went from oil filled swivels to 1-shot? There would be problems either way, as any increased pressure in the swivel that was allowed to escape through seal orientation would lead to an underpresssure when the vehicle is static or cold, worsening the sucking water in through hub seals when wading.
If the swivel is all fine only the inner seal is leading, can you remove the swivel assembled with half shaft and split it at the axes flange to replace just that seal.
The swivels balls on my defender have been replaced, but something went wrong with the inner seal.
This is what I did recently. Kept the hub assy whole, as I removed it from the axle. I left the drive shaft in place & managed to swap out the seal. Mike's videos are making me wonder if my swivel ball is now empty or full of axle oil 😞............
Yes you can - I did a video on this a while ago - be careful as the assembly is heavy and can be a bugger to get the spline to line up in the diff
Into the groove like Madonna 😂😂
before sunrise i wouldnt be neither in the mood
AAARRRHHH Jayyssuuss Mike ! (and) the Mechanic (s)
as I call Ya, as your nearly, from the same neck of the woods as Paul Carrick, back yonder in Yorkshire, well, 60 miles or so
You've just again, given away some of the "Little Trade Secrets", the trick with the Solder for Shim Gauging Assemblies,
I use'ta do it all the time building engines (where the Block was Decked & the B*st*rds never let you know how much was taken off) Gearboxes & all kinds a mad stuff,
Just a tip for your Fan's, I use'ta just pinch the bolts of the flange up and count the amount of flats on the bolts/nuts equally as I tightened it up, so you ended up with the same thickness of the squeez Solder to get the shim thickness, Just throwing my Tuppence Halfpenny into da hat
I've only just discovered that my PayPal Subsription to you terminated for some reason, I'll re-establish it again Mike, You're worth every Ha'penny of it, I wish I could afford to give you more,
Just an idea for You, could you give us Lad's out here in La La Land, where some people seem to think that Entertaining / Knowledgeable Shows like yours "Just Happen", and after watching, couldn't be bothered their arsehole to Hit the Like Button,
I note that you don't seem to have an Interval Break for Adverts (Pop-Up's) half way through a quarter or half hour show (if you were watching some Brain Fart show on da telly, they'd be an Ad every 10 minutes, and then you have none for the start or end of your show, I'm not a believer in paying the monthly charge for stopping Pop-Up's, as I'm sure it means the Google-Tube video creator gets even less revenue,
Can you give us some idea how it works, i.e. How much per view, do You get paid if we hit the "Skip Ad" button etc etc, and I guarantee you most if not all of your Fans would approve of more Ad's if you threw a vote out
Which has less fee's for you for Subsription's, PayPal or Patreon etc etc
Sorry for the long Rant,
and just to tell you,
You're a F**k'n Genius Mike
Thanks Mike
Jack Vaughan
Tipperary
Ireland
PS, I think I asked you before in an email or something, would you consider Auctioning for Charity or other, one of your lovely old Shop Coats, Un-Washed preferably !, so the winner could get that lovely comforting smell that only mechanic's can appreciate of the smell of Oil and a good Garage Workshop,
and most of all, Just to have a little bit of "Our Mike"
Evening Jack and happy new year!
I make a point of never asking for subscribers or click like etc - everybody does it, but it gets annoying begging, and I worked out that even if you have a million subscribers does not mean that each video gets viewed a million times - I worked out it was 27% of subscribers watch - HOWEVER, I do get an average view count of 10,000 a day - and that is what counts - returning viewers
An easy solution to the adverts is you add a plugin to your web browser like AdBlock
I have limited control of the adverts and I thought it was set to prevent adverts mid video ( I use AdBlock so I never see what is going on!)
As for the shop coats - lol! I mentioned this to Debra last year and she said there is no efing way anyone would want a used shop coat!
Let me see, as they are all due for a re fit and I am having some company logo cloth patches made!
@@BritannicaRestorations
Top a Da Morning Mike
Ya I'm trying to find out how it all works meself, as I said, if it meant Top Class Men like You got an extra 1/2 cent per view, I wouldn't install Ad-Blocker, Shure t'wud g'me a chance to make a mug of taayy anyway
Ah jaysus go on and find one of the Roughest Dirtiest Coats dat you can find and smell it, isn't dat a lovely comforting aroma !
It reminds me of when I was a child of 2 or 3 and I'd be rooting through me Grandfather's auld drawers and tool boxes,
ya'know that smell you get from an old tool box, t'was he dat a'woke da interest anything to do with nut & bolts 50 years ago, he'd always have an auld carburettor or something for me when we'd go to see him on a sunday
We only ever had an Auld visegrip's & a Swan neck 1/2 - 9/16's & 7/8 - 15/16's spanner,
I'd open anything I could find with them (still have them)
me auld Fella went mad one day when the Ferguson 20 fell in 2 half's when he went foddering da cattle
Gw'on and Auction one of your Lovely Auld Shop Coats
for Pure Crack, and let the Winner pay's the cost of postage & Donate the proceeds to one of your local Men's Mental Health or Cancer Charities etc etc
As I said, Just to have a Little Bit of "Our Mike"
Mike, You're a Gentleman the way you take the time to answer nearly all your Fan's Comments
It means alot to us
I'd better pull me finger out & go to work,
t'is half two in the morning here
Thanks a million Mike
Jack Vaughan
Tipperary
Ireland
@@BritannicaRestorations
I guarantee you we won't be annoyed Mike
Just remind Lad's to Hit the Like Button at least, and if they want to see their name on the rolling credits, like the movies, make a small donation
Piles of other Lad's do it, AvE, Tubalcane, This Old Tony, Hydraulic Press, Essential Craftsman etc etc
Gw'on, You know You're Worth it
Tax papers and swivel balls :-))
👍🏻🙏🏽🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃