Jaguiar XJ12 SIII 5.3L renovation progress - front suspension
The removal of the suspension required the fabrication of two tools. One to
support the engine, the other to remove the springs one of which was broken,
unknown to me at that time. The
renovation of the wheel bearings required a further two bearing drifts to be
made. For the
reassembly I used the official Jaguar (Churchill) tool as the energy stored in
the springs coupled with the alignment problems precluded the use of my hand
made tool. The renovation involved a complete strip down sand blasting all rusty
parts, and replacement
of many parts including shocks, bushes, disks, ball joints and springs.
This project took about a month of reassembly off and on.
