Front Wheel hubts

The bearing seals turned up today so I was able to fit the front hubs tonight. 

Forgotten to fit the studs.. Hope they go into ok after..

Wheel bearings / Hubs

The bearing grease turned up so I wanted to have a crack at fitting the wheel bearings and hubs. 

I covered the spline and bearing with grease to help push it into position. I ended up using my trolley jack handle to push over the spline and wack the bearing into position. It took alot of effort to get it into its final position.

Something doesn't look right here.. This is the back of the hub behind the disc when pushed into position. The bearing and grease were open to the elements.

I am missing some dust seals... Very frustrating as I just cracked on with the parts I had. I now have to remove the bearing again to fit the seal which I will have to order.

The seal I am missing is the part on the top left in this picture. They are not easy to find as they are from a Cortina, I ended up finding some old stock on ebay.

Had to order a bearing puller to remove the bearing as there was no way the bearing was coming off again without one.

This is the kit I ordered.  It worked really well and the bearing was off in minutes.
https://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/cht249-14-pce-bearing-separator-angle-ge

Now ready for the seal to be fitted first once it turns up.

Front Hubs and Callipers

This isn't bolts together tightly yet, still need to space out with washers and cut down some of the spacers.

Fitted the carriers, looks like they need cutting down as I think they will foul the discs. 

Just offered up, I need to fit the bearings, will try and put them in the oven tomorrow to fit them. Need to order some bearing grease also.

Finishing off the rear suspension..

Time to start the other side..

Was much easier without the spring and the added weight.

Hit a problem, the nut doesn't fit on the fixing on the top of the spring. Apparently I need a K nut..

Some more pictures...

Offered up a Drive shaft

Wanted to fit a driveshaft to see how it all went together. 

WARNING THERE IS A RH AND LH DRIVE SHAFT - AS I FOUND OUT LATER

To fit the drive shaft I removed the upright and bearing, pushed it over the end of the driveshaft, then secured the bottom upright fixings, when pushing the upright back to meet the top wishbone/damper the drive shaft compresses.

I didn't want to push the hub on fully as it felt like it was going to be a tight fit and I wanted to take it apart again.