Hi,

Am new here, have built an AC Cobra which was based on the X300 (XJ40) running gear. I am after a part number for the dust cap, dust cover for the rear hub bearing. I have search the net but only seem to be able to see the front one.

Any help appreciated.

Steve

 

Welcome to the forum Steve,

X300 (1995-1997) and XJ40 (1984-1994) are different models and, as far as I can recall, neither have a cap on the rear hub bearings.

Graham

 

Graham,

I have one side which has a domed cap, and the other which has no cap. The guy I bought the parts off told me they were off a X300 but not sure of the rest of the details as never saw the actual car (Scrap Yard Purchase). The only thing I do know is they are outboard discs not inboard. If you are right and there is no cap fitted I will just bin the one I have.

Steve

 

Steve,

Here's the relevant extract from JEPC (Jaguar Electronic Parts Catalogue) for the X300 Rear Hub Carrier:



Seals but no outer domed cap like there is on the front vertical link.

Graham

 

Perfect Graham,

Many thanks, was just concerned the bearing would be damaged by an debris getting in or grease coming out. To date none of these have happened but do not want the wheels to be damaged for a long while.

One other question is there a way to setup the bearing end float as currently they are tight and then backed off a little bit?

 

CBC6766 is the domed grease hub cap for the XJS. I’d be surprised if it’s not what you’re looking for.

Bearing end float is .002”. Unless you have something that reads that for you, the technique is tighten, then back off....I wanna say about 1/10 of the wheel.

 

I looked at the CBC6766 but that is the front domed cap and the back ones are about half the size.

Thanks for the nearing end float setting, but yep like yourself I don’t have a clock gauge to measure this so it was tighten then back off.

Might have to invest in a gauge me thinks

 

Here's the relevant extract from JEPC (Jaguar Electronic Parts Catalogue) for the X300 Front Vertical Link clearly showing the cap (item 15):



If there was supposed to be an equivalent one on the Rear Hub Carrier, it would be on the JEPC page I posted in #4.

Graham

 

Graham,

I agree so will just leave that one off