Morris Minor Rear Axle Rebuild

[@davidjennings9253]

Oh that takes me back. I had a habit of breaking half shafts on my Wolsley 1500 ( I think about four in five years ) It was probably a combination of over aggressive driving and wide wheels and big tyres putting extra strain on the axle. I became quite proficient at replacing them. They always broke at the differential right at the end of the splines. I remember those oil seals which would leak, getting oil on the rear brakes. I had to work on them on the car outside my house, not in a nice garage. Happy days !!!

[@086DEN]

Nice one, thanks for that.

[@eggybreadplease]

Really enjoying your series of MM videos 👍 a good balance of professional approach and home mechanic solutions to problems 😀

[@goingundersground]

Thanks, glad you like them!

[@andrewbeer4715]

I had the same issue with my rear brake cylinders. One side went in fine and the other side needed a jolly good whack. BTW, the manual (even the Haynes one) expects you to remove the hub before changing the brake shoes or cylinder. I don't know anyone that does that! In the same way the manual says to remove the torsion bar to gain access to the master cylinder bolts. Oh year! I can see how that would go after it has been on there for 60+ years. So much easier to nudge the bar out of the way. The one I like is the advice about changing the radiator. "This is best done with front end of the car removed" Yeah right! I did it with the front end in situ and it was a doddle. I think that the issue with the Morris Minor manual is that it describes everything as if you were building the car from scratch. How hum...

[@jonniejam-shovel6405]

Hi Tim, thanks for posting your film. Recently i had a slight oil leak on the off rear wheel of my traveller. I did wipe away the trickle of oil down the backplate, and was going to leave it. However I decided to jack the car up and remove the brake drum and hub. It was lucky I did this because, after looking at the brake shoe return spring, one of the hooked ends had jumped out of the shoe iron. The spring seemed to hanging on, just by sheer will power alone. I'm glad it didn't just pop off. Phew.😩 Ps. For good measure I changed both hub seals, and boy the old seals and bearings were difficult to remove. Got there in the end though. Kind regards from South East England.👍

[@goingundersground]

Yes the hub was a real pain getting off, even with that hub puller! The oil seal was also very tricky as like a lot of amateurs, you're never really sure how hard to 'push'. Its so much easier and pleasurable to install clean, painted parts.

[@johnnywarnerperfectroad66]

Most enjoyable and informative Tim. Hope you buy your wife plenty of flowers and chocolate though as still smiling at you working on light delicate parts , Whilst Mrs C lugs out the axle and prop shaft 😀

[@goingundersground]

I am feeding her sweets as we speak.

[@johnnywarnerperfectroad66]

@@goingundersground The sweet girl deserves them, I hope they are quality 🤣

[@philipd4863]

Another great video Tim. 😋

[@goingundersground]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@seanpollard5254]

Hi Tim I am new to your channel. As I have just bought myself a 1962 Morris 1000 which is up and running but going to be doing loads of jobs on it. I like your videos easy to follow and in depth. Will be following with interest looking forward to getting started many thank Sean 👍

[@goingundersground]

Thanks Sean, glad you find them useful. I'm working on a a few more right now and hope to upload them soon. Cheers!

[@cplnobbie0078]

Hi Ihope you changed the bearings again as the rear one's should not have grease, only the front bearings you pack. Rears are just coated In the same oil as the diff even says that In the workshop manual.

[@goingundersground]

Thanks for the info

[@markbosley2138]

Is your break cylinder upnside down?

[@goingundersground]

I think it only goes one way.

[@colvinator1611]

Excellent video but why the annoying ' music ' ??

[@tylerwise6054]

First