It's a long one so I've broken it into chapters: 00:00 Grandad and I unbox the disc brake conversion kit and the axle rebuild kit. 15:41 We strip down the halfshafts 19:20 The workforce has halved but work carries on! 27:23 The halfshafts go in. The conversion (and problems) begin. 29:23 Disaster! I strip a thread in the new custom part. 40:47 Problem sorted. Back on track.
Do you think the depth of the tapping on the bolt holes copied the original swivels but forgot to add the depth increase from removing the brake back plates?
It's lovely to see Granddad adjusting to being on camera. He seems to have the makings of a natural presenter, like you Max. So delightful to watch you working together.
Brings back memories of working on series 2 and 3 land rovers for the company I worked for we used to spend thousands replacing front trunnion housings. The land rovers were used on sites all over the UK and were only maintained when the site was finished or they terminally died. Happy days. 😊
Put the bearing cap on the studs with no shims and bring the nuts down to give approximately the right resistance. Measure the gap under the cap with feeler gauges and put similar thickness shims in. This way saves too many iterations - probably have to do one ore cycle but speeds it up immensely.
Put some thick soldering wire in place of the shims, tighten down to get the right preload, remove the Railko pin and measure the squashed solder with a calliper and add that thickness of shims. Make sure you measure the solder at points near each stud to get an average thickness. Should save a lot of trial and error.
Great watch yet again Max, Kermit is going to be perfect with all your attention to detail. Grandad is a perfect addition to these videos it's lovely to see you two working together and it's lovely to see him talking to us he is a treasure x
Cheers , loving your approach , when you go silent and think ( ponder) you can almost hear the cogs ticking over 😁 as you nut it out . Enjoying the build 👍
well done for sticking with it after the strip (i've been there with new parts too, it hurts) and sharing your moments with granddad, its a super special series, keep with it max
Priceless times again with grandad, We having similar time on an old gokart but I am the grandad and he is going on six. Brilliant keep the content real.
Great video Max, thank you. Nice to see Grandad again! I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one that makes the occasional mistake on these sort of jobs!!
@@maximusironthumper just watching the stripped thread saga with the new hubs. It’s heartbreaking when that sort of thing happens with new stuff, sucks the life out of you. As you say there should be a warning in the text. I remember setting the tolerance with shims on a series three, much patience required.. Thank you for the magnificent content, I love watching it and learning from it too.
I tried to weld an old bolt to an inner race to give me a decent grip but after a couple of tacks with the mig it shattered, I was well impressed, I had been struggling with it for ages!
So worth watching this build as I need to embark on my own 2a hubs adventure on a Landy I found in Longford, Tasmania - thanks for the content and especially tips along the way.
Thank you for another great video. Crikey, when you torqued up the two helicoiled bolts, I was holding my breath. Probably as much as you were, I suspect!
Enjoyed that Max, thanks! Those Britpart swivel kits are pretty good for the money, they do generally seem to have upped their game recently. Surprised at the problems with the Heystee kit, something I considered for WRD but couldn't justify in the end- nice to see what was involved and I'll be interested to see how it is on the road, perhaps a conversion for the future.
I finished my rebuild of my Land Rover 90” my break shoes at rear ready was nothing wrong with them & were working properly, but I changed from a 19j engine to a 300 Tdi R380 gearbox & transfer box out of a disco so it just made sense to do a disco rear axel transplant. Also did beraded hoses all round. Vented disc’s up front truly it stops the way it should have its savage
A really interesting video. There is no way I could ever do that. But it is great watching how you do it, and how you deal with the inevitable problems which arise in any complex job. Thanks for sharing
It’s getting there mate 👍🏻 I’ve just started my own series rebuild, I’m miles behind you mind. I’m still at the scratching my head daunted by the enormity of the task ahead phase 😆
The foul thread job on the conversion housing is a bummer. I did use these V-coils for stripped/pre-ruined threads in a number of different materials throughout my preowned motorcycles and cars though, and never had an issue with those in terms of coming loose or stripping again to date when set properly (other than with competing methods of same-size re-threading). Thanks for sharing!
Those lovely Dutchfolk do love a Landy, my mate Olaf from Oss has a 130 Discovery he could build from bumper to bumper. He is a bit of a fabrication legend, hotrods, harleys and boat bits last time I was there.
The finish on the rear Axel looks amazing can’t see any brush stokes looks very original. I look forward to seeing it finished I think I might have to copy the paint you’ve used on my car.. I used hammerright on my wishbones and hasn’t turned out brilliant. Excellent help from grandad too
What great timing with your great video. I’m just starting to rebuild my front end on my S2a. I’ve been a bit nervous about some stuff. Thanks for helping. Steve o Reno NV.
Firstly thanks for taking the time and effort to film and edit the video. Second, you knowledge and mechanical knowhow is fantastic. I really appreciate the effort you put in and I can't wait to see the finished vehicle. 👍👍
Good enjoyable vid as usual your grandad is a star. the tightness with the scale indicator is called pre-load. All coming along nicely, just needs a Cummins 4bt fitting & you've cracket it.
You're a patient and brave man re-tapping those holes Max! I'd have been ringing Rob and asking what Heystee were playing at. Once they're on and working you'll love the discs. I've had them on my series 2 for 15 years and they are great, no adjusting or fiddling about, they just work. Mark Ps, I bet the Glenn you mention is Glenn Anderson? Font of S2 knowledge.
lot of work the conversion Max.......great job.......whatever happens in future don't convert him to electric I don't mean your grandad....old Kermit the 109.
It’s so satisfying when you put new parts together, but when you are missing bits and it halts your work it can so be annoying. I blame building plastic models as a child, they have set my expectations far too high. Loving your channel btw.
Excellent job, Max. It's a shame you didn't detect the problem earlier and have the correct tap on hand. Massive oversight on behalf of the manufacturer. Tell me, are the threads UNC or BSW? BSF perhaps? They didn't look like UNF. I'm amazed at just quite how complex these 4wd assemblies are. Grandad is a great help and was really warming to being on camera, showing all the parts. Great stuff. Take care, Mart in Solihull.
I bought the same hystee kit for my land rover. When I was assembling it I discovered the hub drive flange holes in the hub hadn't been taped. Hystee did offer to sort it if I sent the kit back but I just bought the appropriate taps I did it myself.
Thumper that was a Mr Mainwaring moment, don't panic I did ( dad's Army) you didn't! .lovely video, from Steve near Chester England 🏴 where the Roman's once lived.
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It's a long one so I've broken it into chapters:
00:00 Grandad and I unbox the disc brake conversion kit and the axle rebuild kit.
15:41 We strip down the halfshafts
19:20 The workforce has halved but work carries on!
27:23 The halfshafts go in. The conversion (and problems) begin.
29:23 Disaster! I strip a thread in the new custom part.
40:47 Problem sorted. Back on track.
Top notch editing on this video, Max. Well done!
hour long videos are great keep em coming
Do you think the depth of the tapping on the bolt holes copied the original swivels but forgot to add the depth increase from removing the brake back plates?
@@nickboylen6873.... Those back plates are quite thin, I think Max took nearly 1/4 inch off those bolts?
It's lovely to see Granddad adjusting to being on camera. He seems to have the makings of a natural presenter, like you Max. So delightful to watch you working together.
what a privileged guy you are to be able to work on this project with your granddad! wonderful to see you two work together
@@franksomeone2793 i believe 93
So awesome that Grandad is willing and able to help you on this project; it’s one you’ll both remember forever Max! 🎉
Attention to detail is what makes your builds so special. Lovely to see Grandad getting stuck in too.
how blessed you are to still have your grandfather around...
Grandad seems to be enjoying being in these videos! Hope to see more of him soon!
You are very lucky that you still have your grandad with you that you can hang out fixing cars with. Enjoy every minute
Well done Grandad -- You're a real champ -- so good to see you helping re build the Landy ! ! ! !
Brings back memories of working on series 2 and 3 land rovers for the company I worked for we used to spend thousands replacing front trunnion housings.
The land rovers were used on sites all over the UK and were only maintained when the site was finished or they terminally died. Happy days. 😊
I reckon Grandad gets as much out of this as we do watching him. He’s a marvel.
Honestly Max the effort and care your putting in is impressive, Kermit is gonna be a beauty and around for many years😊
How genuinely useful it is having Grandad in the workshop is so nice. Clearly a family of talented and handy people/engineers
The style of your videos is amazing. No music, no graphics but im hooked for an hour. Never stop being you and showing us lot
I have great respect for your patience with your grandad and your willingness to include him in the video. Well done Maximus 👍
Grandad definitely is a natural. I can almost smell the ep 90. I was shouting at the screen about the oil seal..... Done it before myself
You have to consider having Grandad Ironthumper in every episode😂😂
Your Grandad was natural in front of camera. Great to have him there for help, advice & anecdotes.
Your positive, solution focused approach, even in the face of adversity, is exemplary.
Who's here just to see grandad? 😊
Love to see granpa, just talk to him, don't worry about us, fix the camera angles from time to time and enjoy his company!
Put the bearing cap on the studs with no shims and bring the nuts down to give approximately the right resistance. Measure the gap under the cap with feeler gauges and put similar thickness shims in. This way saves too many iterations - probably have to do one ore cycle but speeds it up immensely.
Put some thick soldering wire in place of the shims, tighten down to get the right preload, remove the Railko pin and measure the squashed solder with a calliper and add that thickness of shims. Make sure you measure the solder at points near each stud to get an average thickness. Should save a lot of trial and error.
Great watch yet again Max, Kermit is going to be perfect with all your attention to detail.
Grandad is a perfect addition to these videos it's lovely to see you two working together and it's lovely to see him talking to us he is a treasure x
Cheers , loving your approach , when you go silent and think ( ponder) you can almost hear the cogs ticking over 😁 as you nut it out . Enjoying the build 👍
I felt your pain when the bolt bottomed out early - and of course the subsequent dreaded shortening.
Came for the land rover content. Stayed for grandad!
Im delighted to know that im not the only one those sort of bolt issues happens to!
You got a fine Au-pair!
well done for sticking with it after the strip (i've been there with new parts too, it hurts) and sharing your moments with granddad, its a super special series, keep with it max
Yay! My first ever shout out. 😀😀 Great to see updates. At some point once Kermit is done we’ll have to put it next to my 109” and compare notes. 👍👍
Hi Glen! Thanks again for the tip off and yes, when Kermit hits the road I'll bring it over!
Good to see granddad again
Great video Max and Grandad . How about a dot punch to distinguish those two metric threads to avoid any pain in the distant future !👍
Glad to see you using Plusgas the best penetration fluid I've used it for years.
Priceless times again with grandad, We having similar time on an old gokart but I am the grandad and he is going on six. Brilliant keep the content real.
Brilliant, good for you!
Great video Max, thank you. Nice to see Grandad again! I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one that makes the occasional mistake on these sort of jobs!!
How old was Grandad in this video, he’s amazingly sharp isn’t he. Love that he still has a quick wit and ready humour .
He was 93 there I believe and yes, kept me on my toes alright.
@@maximusironthumper just watching the stripped thread saga with the new hubs. It’s heartbreaking when that sort of thing happens with new stuff, sucks the life out of you. As you say there should be a warning in the text.
I remember setting the tolerance with shims on a series three, much patience required.. Thank you for the magnificent content, I love watching it and learning from it too.
Brilliant video I really enjoyed it, that was a quick fifty minutes. Was interesting to see the thread repair.
Grandad we love you xxx❤️
You should have some grandad cups made, I would certainly purchase one.
Excellent job, it’ll be better than new with the satisfaction that you and grandad built it.
I tried to weld an old bolt to an inner race to give me a decent grip but after a couple of tacks with the mig it shattered, I was well impressed, I had been struggling with it for ages!
Great work Max really enjoyed watching as always.
So worth watching this build as I need to embark on my own 2a hubs adventure on a Landy I found in Longford, Tasmania - thanks for the content and especially tips along the way.
Nicely done Max. Enjoyable viewing, thank you.
Thank you for another great video. Crikey, when you torqued up the two helicoiled bolts, I was holding my breath. Probably as much as you were, I suspect!
Grandad is so helpful... lovely to see you working together...keep up the sterling work 😃
Lovely to see the new parts, ide love a project like that.
Wish I had a grandad like grandad
nice move it will be a lot better thanks for the video
Enjoyed that Max, thanks! Those Britpart swivel kits are pretty good for the money, they do generally seem to have upped their game recently. Surprised at the problems with the Heystee kit, something I considered for WRD but couldn't justify in the end- nice to see what was involved and I'll be interested to see how it is on the road, perhaps a conversion for the future.
This is the reason I subscribed to your channel when you did the first land rover back in 2015. I had a sudden fever for does old cars
Love Grandad, what a guy !
I have the Heystee Automotive front (and rear) disc brake conversion on my Series 3. It is a great bit of kit and well worth the money.
That's good to hear!
Fantastic bit of kit and an awesome upgrade, well done you and Grandad.
Incredible effort.. Great guest appearance by Granddad.
Wow that is a complicated axle assembly Max. It is amazing that with so many joints it is strong.
Great job Max. Looking forward to seeing Kermit at it's first car show!
great show thumbs up for grand dad
I finished my rebuild of my Land Rover 90” my break shoes at rear ready was nothing wrong with them & were working properly, but I changed from a 19j engine to a 300 Tdi R380 gearbox & transfer box out of a disco so it just made sense to do a disco rear axel transplant. Also did beraded hoses all round. Vented disc’s up front truly it stops the way it should have its savage
Epic adapt and overcome Max. Looks fantastic!
Grandad is brilliant he gets stuck in clearly he is loving getting involved you to have an amazing relationship.
A really interesting video. There is no way I could ever do that. But it is great watching how you do it, and how you deal with the inevitable problems which arise in any complex job. Thanks for sharing
It’s getting there mate 👍🏻 I’ve just started my own series rebuild, I’m miles behind you mind. I’m still at the scratching my head daunted by the enormity of the task ahead phase 😆
Nice job & don't worry about the inserts, they're stronger than the original thread - you have an HSS spiral acting on a larger thread area :)
Lovely job max
nice to see you have your apprentice back again love your vids
Those hubs are very pretty
Splendid work by you both
👍👌👏 + 👍👌👏 for grandpa.
Best regards luck and health to all of you.
Nice one Max! Awesome job
The foul thread job on the conversion housing is a bummer. I did use these V-coils for stripped/pre-ruined threads in a number of different materials throughout my preowned motorcycles and cars though, and never had an issue with those in terms of coming loose or stripping again to date when set properly (other than with competing methods of same-size re-threading). Thanks for sharing!
That was a great recovery.
Love this series and your grand dad
Those lovely Dutchfolk do love a Landy, my mate Olaf from Oss has a 130 Discovery he could build from bumper to bumper. He is a bit of a fabrication legend, hotrods, harleys and boat bits last time I was there.
The finish on the rear Axel looks amazing can’t see any brush stokes looks very original. I look forward to seeing it finished I think I might have to copy the paint you’ve used on my car.. I used hammerright on my wishbones and hasn’t turned out brilliant. Excellent help from grandad too
Enjoyed watching as always.
Grandad is a legend
The torque wrench is one of my favourite tools! When changing to winter/summer tyres the joy that click gives me is pretty silly.
What great timing with your great video. I’m just starting to rebuild my front end on my S2a. I’ve been a bit nervous about some stuff. Thanks for helping. Steve o Reno NV.
Excellent
That front diff assy looks like it weight close to a small family car... crazy design.
Find out what Landrovers can do off road and reconsider your opinion .
33:33 use the torque-limiting feature on your drill. Just put it on the highest setting. :)
Firstly thanks for taking the time and effort to film and edit the video. Second, you knowledge and mechanical knowhow is fantastic. I really appreciate the effort you put in and I can't wait to see the finished vehicle. 👍👍
Good enjoyable vid as usual your grandad is a star. the tightness with the scale indicator is called pre-load. All coming along nicely, just needs a Cummins 4bt fitting & you've cracket it.
Fantastic recovery Max :)
hope that dont come back and bite you in the bum 1000 miles down the line. Great video by the way max i love your ways of problem solving.
Surprised nobody mentioned the bolt length issue on the forum you bought the conversion kit with!
Britannica restorations . Mike might have mentioned this , his channel is definitely worth your time to watch for landys and a laugh.
You're a patient and brave man re-tapping those holes Max! I'd have been ringing Rob and asking what Heystee were playing at.
Once they're on and working you'll love the discs. I've had them on my series 2 for 15 years and they are great, no adjusting or fiddling about, they just work.
Mark
Ps, I bet the Glenn you mention is Glenn Anderson? Font of S2 knowledge.
Left handed!!!! 😂 Love Grandad Ironthummper!!!
Love the video. When’s Grandad back, you are a great double act.
Good Job
Hi love the vids you doing so well with your cair and love of your project one small thing The inserts shood use thread locker
lot of work the conversion Max.......great job.......whatever happens in future don't convert him to electric I don't mean your grandad....old Kermit the 109.
It’s so satisfying when you put new parts together, but when you are missing bits and it halts your work it can so be annoying. I blame building plastic models as a child, they have set my expectations far too high. Loving your channel btw.
Grandpa got used to be filmed. He is very confident meanwhile.
Ah! New Maximus Ironblogger vid. Things are looking up.
That Heystee kit does look a proper job, TLS drum brakes do get tiresome. Can imagine your annoyance at the thread issue...
Excellent job, Max. It's a shame you didn't detect the problem earlier and have the correct tap on hand. Massive oversight on behalf of the manufacturer. Tell me, are the threads UNC or BSW? BSF perhaps? They didn't look like UNF. I'm amazed at just quite how complex these 4wd assemblies are. Grandad is a great help and was really warming to being on camera, showing all the parts. Great stuff. Take care, Mart in Solihull.
I bought the same hystee kit for my land rover. When I was assembling it I discovered the hub drive flange holes in the hub hadn't been taped. Hystee did offer to sort it if I sent the kit back but I just bought the appropriate taps I did it myself.
Interesting, not just me then!
Thanks Max. Was a much bigger job than I expected. Fascinating!
Thumper that was a Mr Mainwaring moment, don't panic I did ( dad's Army) you didn't! .lovely video, from Steve near Chester England 🏴 where the Roman's once lived.
Cpl Jones actually. I was wondering which one of you would be the first to spot that