rear axle
I collected the rear axle from Richard Farrant's workshop last week, he was a great help and it allowed for me to carry on with some of the other parts whilst it was at his.
It was in very good condition generally but a couple of bits were broken or missing. Thanks to those of you helped find the missing parts.
The shoes were relined and the inside of the drums machined to match, I suspect the axle may have been serviced at some point as there was an excess of preservative on one half shaft rather than oil but the internals all look to be original. Sentinel wagon being cast into the inside of the drums and 1937 new Hudson shoes, i believe new Hudson was acquired by Girling a little later. A lot of the bolts and fittings are marked with TL numbers and 37 dates. Interestingly many of the components look to be made by smaller companies but all have an army inspection stamps. The axle has the Ford script in the outer casing.
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