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Hi all,
Greetings from the Arctic Circle, or in fact very near it, currently
in Akureyri on North coast of Iceland. Waiting for the cruiser to be
fixed after a wheel fell off.
I drove from the ferry up to Askja caldera in the south highlands, and
then noticed the brakes going. I stopped to find lots of smoke coming
from front passenger side wheel, and the brake pads were burning and
hot grease/oil dripping out of the wheel. Loss of brakes presumably
due to loss / overheating of brake fluid.
Taking the wheel off revealed that the wheel bearings had gone
resulting in the disk wobbling and rubbing on the brakes. I pulled the
hub apart and found that the nuts holding the bearings in place had
come undone. The nut threads and lock washers were pulverised and the
stub axle or whatever the bit the bearing goes on was elliptical and
the thread knackered. However the bearing actually seemed ok.
Being about 150km from the nearest mechanic I was forced to effect a
repair, so I got my hammer out.
I cleaned the bearing in wd40 and put it back in the wheel. I then
retained the bearing and adjusted the play by hammering a tapered
punch in between the axel/bearing carrier bit and the driveshaft on
the end of the CV. This flared out the end of the axel so the bearing
was held in place and hopefully the wheel wouldn't come off.
It still wobbled a bit, and the disks would rub on the pads and
overheat if I applied the brakes, so I prized the pads apart as far as
they would go with a screwdriver and decided to try to drive without
using brakes.
I then drove about 100km over rough mountain tracks just using the
auto gearbox and handbrake. That was ok but I had to go very slowly
and keep stopping to let it cool down, and was amazed it all stayed
together over miles of corrugated track. The next 50 km on road was
worse due to long hills with steep drops at the side but I finally
made it to a guy who trailered it to the Toyota dealer.
All this was ok, but I'm with a friend in a Landrover and they took
the piss out of me, singing "three wheels on my waggon"
More later when I find out what the inside of the hub looks like now
Andy Haxby
HDJ81
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European Land Cruiser Owners Mailing List
Further Info: http://www.landcruisers.info/
Greetings from the Arctic Circle, or in fact very near it, currently
in Akureyri on North coast of Iceland. Waiting for the cruiser to be
fixed after a wheel fell off.
I drove from the ferry up to Askja caldera in the south highlands, and
then noticed the brakes going. I stopped to find lots of smoke coming
from front passenger side wheel, and the brake pads were burning and
hot grease/oil dripping out of the wheel. Loss of brakes presumably
due to loss / overheating of brake fluid.
Taking the wheel off revealed that the wheel bearings had gone
resulting in the disk wobbling and rubbing on the brakes. I pulled the
hub apart and found that the nuts holding the bearings in place had
come undone. The nut threads and lock washers were pulverised and the
stub axle or whatever the bit the bearing goes on was elliptical and
the thread knackered. However the bearing actually seemed ok.
Being about 150km from the nearest mechanic I was forced to effect a
repair, so I got my hammer out.
I cleaned the bearing in wd40 and put it back in the wheel. I then
retained the bearing and adjusted the play by hammering a tapered
punch in between the axel/bearing carrier bit and the driveshaft on
the end of the CV. This flared out the end of the axel so the bearing
was held in place and hopefully the wheel wouldn't come off.
It still wobbled a bit, and the disks would rub on the pads and
overheat if I applied the brakes, so I prized the pads apart as far as
they would go with a screwdriver and decided to try to drive without
using brakes.
I then drove about 100km over rough mountain tracks just using the
auto gearbox and handbrake. That was ok but I had to go very slowly
and keep stopping to let it cool down, and was amazed it all stayed
together over miles of corrugated track. The next 50 km on road was
worse due to long hills with steep drops at the side but I finally
made it to a guy who trailered it to the Toyota dealer.
All this was ok, but I'm with a friend in a Landrover and they took
the piss out of me, singing "three wheels on my waggon"
More later when I find out what the inside of the hub looks like now
Andy Haxby
HDJ81
--
European Land Cruiser Owners Mailing List
Further Info: http://www.landcruisers.info/
