Now the rear axle...

 

And the rear end is almost done!

Check out that beautiful undergarment, I am almost done building!

Jaguar XJS Rear Axle - YouTube

 

Nice work Mish. There is one job that will never need doing again. do you have the camber adjusting hook and tube for front and rear alignment?

 

No, what are those, please tell!

 

They are for setting ride height. The hook is for the rear and tube for the front. The XJS is wheel aligned at a set ride height.

I have attached details for the hook and an extract from the ROM.

Are you going to wheel align yourself or take it to a shop?

I plan on doing mine myself - it is not too difficult all you need are,
4 x concrete pavers a dozen or so vinyl floor tiles and some grease
4 jack stands
2 pieces of conduit about 1m wider than the car
string, a spirit level and camber gauge (you can do it without the gauge using Pythagoras)

 

HEY, MISH,

dont forget eyeball engineering, and common sense,, can work wonders!!!

 

So very good shop @ $120 is not a good idea?

 

I see no problem so long as they use the tools to set the ride height. Although $120 seems a bit cheap for an XJS if the alignment needs to be adjusted, remember you have had the thing apart and if every component is not in its original location (ie drive shafts matched with rotor and hub) the alignment might be out and is done with shims between the drive shafts and disk rotor. A painfully laborious job.

 

Know all about it, just did all kinds of measuring, when rear axle got assembled. I measured perfectly equal distance between tip of the hub and edge of the frame, it took factory 3 shims on one side and 3 and one slim one of the other.

 

Just found cute "before" pictures

 

mish, we seem to think along same lines,

lots of RED kolors, along with blacks.

you gonna be like me,when your done, only drive in fair weather, rain and mud makes a mess of the undercarriage!haha.

Ron

 

and i set mine up with 2* negative camber, so hook tool isnt accurate,for my setup.

also when vehicle is lowered, changes some factory settings.

 

looks good. lots of hard work your puttin in there!



now i gotta go check mine when im back in so cal. Mines listed as a 76 so it could be a late 75 build date.......

 

Finally got around to looking at the car.

behold

9/75 Oldest on the forum?

 

this is an interesting thread,

i wonder who has the newest XJS, and show the vin#, with a pic??

 

Why don't we make posting pictures of your "oldest" XJS a requirement here!?

 

Some more pics of my old champ's resurrection.

 

Can't see the whole VIN. Can you post it?

Thanks.

 

Starting to rust proof, using spray on truck bed liner, nice stuff...

 

Here is the oldest XJS Data - 2W1001BW - Jaguar XJS information, articles, photos and register
Good site for pics and info.