Re: SER1 Swivel pin bearing housings for 1951 S1 80

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Eighty Inch wrote:
> *  If you want to use series 2a or 3 housings you will find that the
> steering levers are on the opposite side (bottom instead of top) and the
> studs are 7/16" where yours are 5/16" (from memory) so your levers and
> brackets won't fit.  (These type of housings are much more durable than the
> early 5/16" stud type.)  Your options are to use the later steering levers
> and brackets, therefore reversing they're sides or drill out your original
> levers.  A word of caution however this reduces the amount of metal around
> the studs marginally, but it is a regular fix in Australia and I have not
> seen any failures in this modification, in over 30 years of Land Rovering.
> The Land Rover Series 2 Workshop Manual also cautions about using different
> levers from side to side, so either both top or both bottom.
I fitted Series III swivel-arms to my 80", and found that mounting them 
on the bottom of the swivel housing caused problems with the bars 
fouling on the springs... so I ended up with LHD arms mounted on top for 
my RDH vehicle

(I also kept the top-and-bottom races rathern than the Ralko bush - for 
lighter steering <grin />)

        -- 
        
  Ian Stuart: Code Gorilla, Perl Laghu, & Land Rover fettler
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