Owners Manual
K/8
REAR
AXLE
When all the bolts have been tightened the axle
shafts (which are interchangeable from left
to
right) can
be threaded through the hubs and secured on to the
four wheel studs
as
described earlier for the reassembling
of
the hubs. When connecting up the propeller shaft
use new lockwashers under the four nuts. Replace the
axle drain plug and refill the unit with oil.
Crown Wheel and Bevel Pinion Gears
The crown wheel and pinions are specially mated
at
the works and in consequence one or the other
of
the
mated pairs should never be matched with a new opposite
component.
Axle
Unit-
To Remove Complete
Disconnect the handbrake cable from the brake
balance lever and the short piece
of
flexible hydraulic
brake hose from the
"T"
junction
on
the axle casing.
Remove the propeller shaft bolts
at
the pinion
flange.
Jack up the frame
at
both sides and remove the
locknuts or Simmonds self-locking nuts, from the spring
clips
("U"
bolts). The axle is then free and can be
withdrawn for further dismantling. Carefully remove the
pad from between the spring and axle spring bracket.
It
has a hole for location over the spring centre bolts.
When reassembling, make sure this
pad
is
properly
located, so that the spring pin fits into the centre hole.