Triumph TR2 - Page 158

REAR AXLE
4. TO REMOVE HUBS (Centre lock
type) (Fig. 35)
(a)
Jack up the car and remove the hub
cap by tapping the lugs with a copper
faced mallet. Remove the road wheel.
5.
(b)
Remove the split pin through the
aperture in the barrel of the hub.
(c) Remove the hub securing nut from the
axle shaft.
It may be necessary to
replace the wheel and lower the car
when torque is applied to the nut.
After removing the nut withdraw the
washer and splined collar.
(d) By inserting a screwdriver blade into
the cut of the split tapered collar, the
collar
will expand and allow it to be
withdrawn from the hub.
Remove the two countersunk brake
drum securing screws and withdraw
the brake drum.
Fit the Churchill hub removing
Tool No. S132 and remove the
hub.
It should be remembered
that the hubs have right or left-hand
threads and care must be exercised
when selecting the removal rings.
(See Fig.
4.)
Fig. 4
The removal of the khock on type hub
utilising the Churchill Hub Removing
Rings S132 with the Sqtzr frame and
slave ring.
Shown with brake assembly
removed for photographic purposes.
An alternate method of hub removal is
to remove the axle shaft complete as
described on this page. This necessi-
tates the severing of the hand brake
and hydraulic connections and re-
moving the brake backing plate.
TO REPLACE HUBS (Centre lock
type) (Fig. 35)
The replacement of the hubs is the reversal
of their removal. However the following
points should be noted.
(a) The axle shafts of later production
cars provide an interference fit with
the hubs. To facilitatethe replacement
of the hubs the Churchill hub replacing
Tool No. S125 was introduced and is
illustrated in Fig. 5.
Fig. S
The replacing of the knock on type hub
utilising the Churchill Hub Replacing
Tool No.
S125 Shown with brake
assembly removed for photographic
purposes.
(b) When the axle shafts are out of the
casing it is still necessary to use the
hub replacing tool or a
fly press.
6. TO REMOVE AXLE SHAFT
(a)
Jack up car and remove road wheel.
(b) If the car is equipped with wire wheels
remove the split tapered collar by
inserting a screwdriver blade into the
cut of the ring. It
can now be drawn
off the barrel of the hub.
(c) Withdraw the two countersunk brake
drum securing screws and remove the
brake drum.
(d) Drain the hydraulic system, discomea
the pipe line and the hand brake cable
at the wheel cylinder.