Bad wheel bearings

[Tony Radford]

While the transmission guys were working on my car, they noticed that there was a lot of play in my back wheels, citing bad wheel bearings as the culprit. Are they hard to replace? Should I take her to a shop that works on Jags?

By the way, thanks Brian for the advise on the drive shaft bolts. The ones that were in it were all thread bolts with no washers. I purchased the 1.75" bolts and had them cut down. Just like you said, the shanks were perfect. It's always nice knowing a job is done well. The guys at Vintage Mustangs here in Atlanta were great to deal with. Johnny (ex-marine recon chopper pilot and later Harrier pilot in Viet Nam) was very meticulous. Nice job.

[Poorboy]

Tony,
Some play in the rear wheels is normal. First thing to check is make sure the axle nut is tight(around 200 ft. lbs.). If you take it ot a Jag. shop it's going to be expensive!!!

Will is right axle nut torque is 140 ft. lbs.

[Tony Radford]

Thanks Poorboy. There's a little shop near my office that works on European and Asian cars. He's pretty reasonable. Is the play on these cars similar to the amount of play on a Jag?

[will butterworth]

Have had to replace left rear bearings twice now, ruined hub first time and was expensive. Bearings squealed from maryville tennessee all way to home last time, pulled everything , Maurice replaced bearings, and I reassembled, took big nut to 140 lbs. and latched her down. Running good so far.Pretty day here yesterday and was able to take my girl Joan for a ride, aahhh runs good.No rice ricket encounters. Will -alabama

[rdorman]

Mine to where loose and after I pulled them down (easy to do) for inspection I found that the bearings where good. I then measured and ordered the appropriate spacers. They are sold from Jag (I ordered mine throw Terry's Jaguar parts, you can find them on the internet). Pick up a chiltons on a jag sedan and the procedure is in there. You can also find the procedure on the internet. A couple of thousands of play at the hub is normal.

[Poorboy]

Tony,
Yes it will be the same as on a Jag .

[spd4me]

Tony - best bet is to take to a person who knows jag rear end. Tightening the nut will not tighten bearings like on the front wheels. They have to be shimmed from the inside. I did all that myself and ended up sending to someone to fix. I also checked my drive shaft bolts and two of them the nuts were only finger tight and threaded all the way to head. The way they recess in yoke makes hard to get a boxed wrench on.
Bob

[nolastyankee]

There is a section on the ERA website that copies the rear hub assembly and setup from a Jag factory manual. It provides the shim specs and torque values as well.

http://www.erareplicas.com/427man/jagrear/jaghub.htm

For general information, there is also an excellent Jaguar manual on-line for free at the below site. I can't recall if the rear hub information is in there, but it's worth a try.

http://www.jag-lovers.org/xj-s/book/Jaguar.html

[Russ Dickey]

There is a section on the ERA website that copies the rear hub assembly and setup from a Jag factory manual. It provides the shim specs and torque values as well.

http://www.erareplicas.com/427man/jagrear/jaghub.htm

For general information, there is also an excellent Jaguar manual on-line for free at the below site. I can't recall if the rear hub information is in there, but it's worth a try.

http://www.jag-lovers.org/xj-s/book/Jaguar.html

Brian:
I'm not sure whether to trust that ERA link or not - they instruct you to remove the rear road wheel, THEN put a stand under the car...

[rdorman]

That is some funny instructions Russ!