Land Rover Restoration Part 11 - Front & Rear Axles 2/2

This series of videos follows the restoration progress of a 1978 Series 3 Land Rover. Part 11, rebuilding the axles.
We start by checking the looking at the front half shaft oil seal collars.
Then we replace one of the oil seal distance pieces on a stub axle.
From there we reassemble the brakes including fitting new brake adjusters.
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[@falkirk625]

This must be one of the most thorough restorations on KZbin. Great work!

[@jjt1093]

Yep it is and His Series of vids will be used to get mine on the road :)

[@_zzpza]

@Lassi Kinnunen Binky is getting 'close' to being on the road. I wonder which project will get there first.

[@markpiper8082]

Wow you must be the only person iv watch on you tube that grease up wheel bearings like i was taught 23yrs ago when I did my apprenticeship. 👍👍👍

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Haha. That's probably because I was taught how to do it by a good mechanic in real life - not some guy on KZbin :)

[@Moorestx]

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again; this is my favorite KZbin channel!

[@captainmashedpotato2630]

Finally, someone on youtube who knows how to grease a bearing properly.

[@dfross87]

I was taught that you should pack tapered bearings from the large side to the small side (opposite to what was shown here). From the look of the bearing at the end, it seems it doesn't make much difference -- as long as you get the bearing full of grease. Anybody know if it makes a difference to how easy it is packing grease from one side or the other? Or does it make no difference whatsoever?

[@MervandtheMagicTones]

@@dfross87 If you pack from the larger face you can cover more area in fewer swipes.

[@MervandtheMagicTones]

@@dfross87 If you pack from the larger face you can cover more area in fewer swipes.

[@mikefrancis5388]

@@dfross87 Hi. I was also taught to put a handful of grease in a plastic bag and put the bearing into it, then knead to grease through the bearing. Still works 40 years later.......Probably a bit ore messy than on the palm.....

[@garys5490]

Great Series!! One of the best on KZbin. I can't believe Land Rover was still running drums in 1978.

[@TheChupacabra]

Has anyone converted theirs from drums to disc brakes? Any notes / thoughts on it?

[@rowanhawklan9707]

"I'm not a mechanic" he says? Yeah right, I live in the UK and 70% of the " mechanics" I've met wouldn't know the front end of a Landover from the back!

[@FunWithAJ]

He's a draftsman by trade and seems to be extremely knowledgable/intelligent. I think that makes him better than most mechanics in my book.

[@MrWaalkman]

That's understandable, they do look quite similar.

[@manfredschmalbach9023]

And that's UK mechanic on UK car .... think about them seeing an Alfa, Lancia or even a Citroën ...

[@tanathos0414]

Your videos are just like an invitation from an elite restaurant. Rare but worth it.

[@eduardedwin]

Wow, this brightens up my Saturday morning. Immediately clicked on this video once I saw the notification. Cheers mate!

[@BenMitro]

Love your sense of humour, love the detail you go to and pointing out specific difficult or critical bits. You don't need an "exciting part" at the end. It's all good - thanks for going to the trouble of filming mostly all of it, and when things go wrong making up for it with "re-enactments". I really look forward to your videos for these reasons. I follow them to the letter and my wheel fell off! Nah, just kidding - good idea to put in the disclaimer - it only takes one person who won't take responsibility for their own actions and can become litigious if the opportunity presents itself.

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Cheers Benny!

[@chrisgio9961]

@@GeoffreyCroker Have you made any new parts to the land rover series?

[@ScottMarriott1]

Hi brilliant job but just a couple if things. The steering clamps need to be across the slot in the tube so they clamp the tube onto the thread like you did on one side. Also when you fit new shoes to series manafactures now don't put a taper into the shoe linings that these need due to being fixed at the bottom and not able to slide to sit neatly on the drum. You will find the brakes feel awful unless you press it twice quickly as it is only contacting the top edge of the shoe. I've had this multiple times with different makes.

[@davidr1000]

Very well made video. Thank you. Like the red mist. Very realistic.

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Haha. The struggle was a lot longer in real life!

[@marcotardio1009]

It is always a pleasure to watch your videos

[@wetdedstuocm]

Excellent work. I agree the screws, bolts and nut's you get today are junk and it is hard to find a good source. My friends wonder why I keep old bolts ect. around a little clean up and you are good to go.. Peace..

[@hyhgtsssassfilj]

The weekend just started with a positive. :-) Love these videos. Now to the negative of having to try and work out why my own car (not a Land Rover) won't try and start. I'll probably watch this again later to calm down after being unable to fix my own car.

[@DoRC]

It's important to tighten the hub nut down good and snug with a wrench before adjusting the bearing play. This ensures everything has properly seated. Without that step things can end up a lot looser than you expect.

[@jezohare3013]

After watching more of your landy restoration videos, your channel is now officially my current favorite. So well made, entertaining & I'm learning a ton. As I mentioned on another comment, its so weird how you are doing exactly what I am doing at the moment on my 109.. but I am not as experienced.. thank you, it really helps & encourages me to keep on this endless job in my garage

[@blairparkinson3593]

Geoff Croker! Nice vids my man. Talented with a drafting pen in hand back in high school and now a spanner it would seem

[@GeoffreyCroker]

🤙 Come visit sometime 🍺 [e-mail]

[@Ridge911Tube]

Land Rover made some very unique engineering design choices. Great video as always. Don’t ever change

[@dlyle]

Thanks for making Saturday fantastic. Keep it up!!!!!!!!

[@josh3299]

I’m jealous of everyone just now discovering this channel.... they get to binge watch all your content! So lucky! lol

[@grantadamson3478]

I have no intention of ever owning a Landy but these videos are advictive. My first experience in a Landy was, I'm guessing, a series 1 in the 60's in a State Forest where my old man was a forest ranger. The thing I remember most was him saying "momentum is the key".

[@raphhymus4530]

Nothing compares to an antipodean anticlimax. Thanks for another great video.

[@rayg9069]

I read in the manuals that the early hubs were oil filled and the later ones were greased as the rubbish Land Rover oil seals wouldn't keep the oil in, mine is a series 2A that seems to have suffered some form of inception style time distortion, the gearbox seeming to be almost series 1 but the axles more like series 3. I figured I'd beat it using LR logic and tracked down some semi-fluid grease (Penrite) for mine, that way only half the goop can leak out. PS a 2 inch deep wall impact socket will show those bearings you mean business, and it fits the nuts much better than the cheapo tube spanner.

[@GeoffreyCroker]

On the rear axle there is no seal between the axle housing and the hubs. So over time oil seeps into the rear hubs. And eventually the grease is washed out and replaced with oil. I think this axle had maybe 20-30 thousand k's on it since I last had the hubs apart, and they were still mostly grease. So I always put grease in mine. At least that gives the bearings a few thousand k's of good lubrication before they eventually start spinning in a small puddle of spent oil. They changed this design half way through the Series 3 I think, so the bearings were properly separated (could be wrong about that I'm not a LR historian :) )

[@66oggy]

On my SWB 2A I replaced the front back plates and brake set up from 1 1/2" wide single leading shoe, to the 2 1/4" wide twin leading shoes as fitted to LWB vehicles. It made a huge difference to the braking performance ( I use that word lightly ) without needing to add a servo, they were a bugger to balance though.

[@xxpr0nag3xx]

Should probably seat that bearing first with the adjusting nut by giving it a little jam then spinning the hub and backing it off. your end play will probably increase a bit because of it after things get rolling. PRobably not that bad in this case because it looks like you had just under 0.001'' end play after you torqued the jam nut but would still be good practice.

[@TheBudynwaniliowy]

words can not describe how excited i am to see this

[@finnsailing69]

I guess i have to watch land rover stuff until next binky video comes out 😊 ps. Hats off for you with the axels

[@Zeke___Marsh]

I can't wait for the mini to be finished ay

[@garagefaff]

Not enough Landy vids to fill Binky void! (I thought we had to wait ages for Axles part 2 then I remember the Binky release schedule is measured in Aeons)

[@finnsailing69]

Agreed

[@nickboylen6873]

Nice work and video. Shame about the quality of the stub axle flange bolt locking tabs and the brake adjusters, but that’s Britpart for you... Lemforder rod ends have a good reputation. You did check that the inside of the rod is threaded all the way to the ends, didn’t you? SII and early SIII rods were plain for the first inch or so, with a corresponding plain shank on the rod ends. It’s important not to mix the different types, having a full threaded end in a part threaded rod. Those clamps are also 90 degrees out - their bolt should be perpendicular to the line across both slots in the rod end so it’s tension pulls the rod sides together; it can’t compress the rod much if the bolt is parallel to the plane across both slots.

[@roberto9666]

Geoffrey, I can’t begin to describe how much I value your videos. I know you put a huge effort into them. I’d be happy with more content but less polished ie just show us the uncut version. I feel motivated to tackle the bearings on my discovery 2. Many thanks and please keep up the great work.

[@hughbishopnh]

This is great stuff and makes me want to get on with my restoration so thank you for the inspiration. But it's winter here so I think I will just drink beers for a few months more and then get the wrenches (spanners) out.

[@GeoffreyCroker]

The logic of more beer can be applied to any season

[@dudleysdad]

Really enjoy your style and thoroughness, looking forward to the next. Thanks.

[@JockeSelin]

I’ve been enjoying your videos way more than I’d dare admit to a mental health professional. Thank you!

[@HandToolRescue]

Yo, sweet wrench.

[@ilDek]

8:43 I would recognize it among a thousand ;-)

[@tutekohe1361]

Those axles are now looking like a work of art! Thanks Geoffrey for another excellent video. 👍

[@andrewnicholson8674]

I just started rewatching the old videos and then a new one shows up!

[@heathwellsNZ]

I haven't done the complete processes shown... but have indeed carried out many of these (seals and replacements both maintenance and from breaking things on an offroading trip). Great video... brings back many (what are now happy) memories of my Landrover owning days!

[@philprice12]

Hi Geoffrey, I ordered these counter sunk drum screws and had the same issue until I ordered from Craddocks Landrover supplies in Cannock. England. These fitted perfectly. Nice video's Phil

[@samkirk3662]

Glad I found this fella! Love his work, love New Zealand!

[@zukowski2023]

Geoffrey, I must say you have done (in my opinion) a very nice and quite thorough restoration job on those axles. I was almost half expecting you to take those counter sunk screws to your lathe and turn the shoulders down so they would fix and deepen the screw slot (truth be known, I also half expected you to manufacture new backing plate adjusters). But you didn't on two counts, fair enough it's your restoration (and a nice one at that).. Cheers!

[@davidtaylor6124]

I was expecting him to make new ones. :(

[@andrewpalmer5831]

I had the same issue with the brake adjusters, but judged (correctly as you've shown!) that the replacement threaded parts would be rubbish. I needed to strip the adjusters off as I was galvanising the backplates and didn't want to galvanise the adjusters into a nightmare seized-up scenario. I managed to reassemble the original adjusters (which is a bit tricky against the spring pressure) and then reweld them in the factory manner. Worked a treat except that you need to be careful about which way around the snail cams go....... I got quite good at it in the end!

[@saschaboewes]

First thing I did today 5am.... Lovely stuff.

[@Kevin-gx8lc]

Hey Geoff, great video and super innuendo! Can't wait for the next episode... I'm so into your LR restoration I'm thinking of buying myself the same Land Rover and restoring it like yours... See...? It's all your fautl ! Greetings from Southport UK.

[@maximilianjankowski]

finaly a new video :D

[@jordanlewis3790]

Just finished watching all released landy stuff again... I need more!

[@jth1987leb]

Beautiful

[@flipperth1]

Love all your videos - they are clearly a lot of work to produce, but it's worth it. Very entertaining. Thank you.

[@quinnofthefin]

What a good morning to wake at 5am. Thoroughly enjoyed as usual

[@andyk3950]

Fantastic! The quality of your work, the quality of your editing and uploading. Always look forward to the YT notification that you've shared another chapter of your work.

[@jodido7804]

Beautiful details, congratulations.

[@Teela93]

I have no idea how you make this stuff look as beautiful as it does. I'm always thoroughly impressed by your work! Keep it up!

[@kelvinbrown8136]

Always a pleasure!! Thanks for the vid I’m really enjoying this!!

[@bp9749]

I've done this job many times on a RRC and Discovery. I've never seen it done on a Series. Extremely well done. Very educational. Thanks so much. Can't wait for the next video.

[@johngunning2123]

Good work. I'm about to strip both the front and rear axle of my 1955 107" Series 1. The front axle has my full attention and don't mind admitting I'm concerned about my own skills and parts availability for the rebuild. I intend to remove both diffs and send them to a differential specialist to replace all the seals and bearings.

[@davidtaylor6124]

All I expect is to enjoy the video, and I always do! I don't even watch them as soon as they come out sometimes so I have something to look forward to.

[@olegregersen1024]

Impressing workmanship and very informative video. You make it look so easy.

[@billgabo]

I just invest (spend?) 3 hours with this videos with the intention of know what expects me when bought my land rover. great material geoffrey. please complete this series of videos.

[@JDnBeastlet]

I've never owned a Land Rover and almost certainly never will... but I find your videos fascinating just in and of themselves. Very nice work!

[@nikcodling]

Loving your videos - your very considerable effort really is tremendously appreciated and enjoyed!

[@OldSoulShoebox]

Just about to head to bed at 11:30PM as I work in the morning and I see a new Geoffrey video..."shit"

[@scghost]

fantastic job

[@soulsegler]

Just great work on the car and the cutting of the video is perfekt. I love your sense of humor. Luckily I am into land rovers - so I am fine!

[@RichardMichaelOwen]

Love the narration and clean shots. We don't service land rover's at the shop so this is a great window into that world. Thanks!

[@getberget]

Your editing makes watching a pure delightful experience. Binge watching it all as we speak. Funny and very educational.

[@paulcheetham4304]

Very clear, well made vids. My new go to during my rebuild

[@steveallen8987]

Extremely interesting to see how the land rover is designed. Looking forward to see how the bodywork fits together

[@SteamerEdge]

Geoff, I am thoroughly enjoying this restoration process with you. This is a unique set of videos of a true "just- do-it home garage restoration" I have owned a Series Landy for the past 24 years and I have learnt plenty from your experience and knowledge passed on in your videos, I know it takes a lot more effort to video your work while you're doing it, and your videos are excellently edited and produced, thanks mate, can't wait for the next instalment, Paul

[@lodgecav490]

Lacking a bit in your normal humour Geoffrey, I guess aftermarket parts take their toll after a while. Scary to think what we share the roads with given the quality of some of these parts, I can never understand why manufacturers don't up their game, I'm sure people would be happy to pay for quality. Great video as always.

[@MrButtonpresser]

Workmanship and video editing are first rate.

[@willgrime]

Just excellent. Fantastic attention to detail, so informative. Thank you!

[@bobuk5722]

"I'm just an idiot ....." Ha! Pull the other one - it's got a lock nut on it. Superb presentation as always! BobUK.

[@stehaughton5074]

Just watched your Landy S3 resto,loved it,cant wait for the next instalation,👍

[@shawngeraghty6347]

I know this video series is over 2 years old, but I'm loving it!

[@flrrestoration5609]

This is a brilliant video series. I can’t wait until the next one.

[@davelowe1977]

I keep toying with the idea of buying one of these things. If I do then this series will become invaluable as well as highly entertaining.

[@TheRabbitHaze]

Just binge watched all 11,5 parts of this restoration or 2 years of work in one afternoon.. I don't even own a Land Rover. But I kind of want one now.

[@rosswaring2835]

Brilliant Geoffrey,! I recently acquired a 1977 S3 LWB, so I’m am devouring all your videos before I set off into overhaul-land and make too many mistakes. Thanks for the detailed and well videoed content. Cheers from Perth, Oz.

[@RubenRodriguez-wh3st]

Even though you're not a mechanic (as you said) you are better than a lot of mechanics that I know. Man, you're simply the best LR restorer in the world 🤙🏽🇨🇷

[@greghurley9533]

I love this the way you explain makes it easy to understand and it helped make me not scared of my seires 3 project coming up keep it up my freind regards me🙂👍

[@JanDootjes]

Great content Geoffrey, my no. 1 source of inspiration!

[@jeffintoronto5712]

Great video. Keep them coming!

[@FORANEOS01]

what a great series of videos!!! Thanks for sharing!

[@TreasureDivers]

Thanks for making these vids Geoffrey. I am using much of your info on my series 1 resto . David in the UK

[@M00SEM0T0]

Your choice of music is absolutely spot on always, keep it up, wish you uploaded more

[@robgazzard4432]

Thanks Geoffrey. Really good video.

[@paulcooper2897]

Thanks for sharing!

[@leeedmunds2539]

Really cool progress!

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Cheers!

[@Godzilla032]

Beautiful work and very well presented video as always

[@allinrc3338]

Nice job as usual man 👌

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Cheers Roberto

[@Iceoskar]

Always fun to watch your vids, keep em coming !

[@Tugmun11]

Top Shelf stuff many Tanks I really enjoy your videos and look forward to there arrivals. Keep up the Great work.

[@littlewingpsc27]

Great job.

[@willtricks9432]

Nice work, proper restoration. Don't want to look too close at my Land Rover now. Cheers

[@dr.sawdust4278]

Love your video's man! Watching the whole series right now.

[@The1LoganT]

One of my favorite channels!

[@vladislove89]

Thank you a lot for your videos!

[@danielmc762]

Thanks! You’ve just made my Australia Day morning 🇦🇺

[@glennabela6005]

Phenomenal job as always!

[@johnsnowvideo]

Yes, a new video! I'm a happy man today!

[@johndavies2396]

Thank you Geoffrey another great video hope you are all doing well down there in New Zealand cheers from the UK

[@garymucher9590]

I realize this is an older video, but you did some very nice work on the entire assembly. Bravo sir, Bravo... Thumbs Up!