Thierry

It is alive Still no timing mark, but i realized that i was allways 180 degrees wrong. So now it is Running. Greets Thierry

Hi, Had a massive oil leak that was caused by a missing seal at the Distributer. So i pulled it, put a new seal in and just forgot to mark the Position before pulling it out. Thought that this is no Problem as it can be adjusted. Well then i looked for the timing mark on the harmonic balancer and there seems to be no mark. The Motor is from a YJ and has a serpentine belt. Before i will go and buy a new harmonic balancer i thought you might be able to give me a hint where to search. Thank you and Greets from sunny Germany. Thierry

Hi, Looks like that the Problem is solved. Made about 250 Miles and no more Problems. Happy about that one, found a new one Greets Thierry

Hi Moses, well checked everything twice and it still looked the same. What i did now was that i inserted some adjustment washers between teh bearing cup and the brake backing plate. Now at least i have got the correct end play. It could be that the axle housing is just not good anymore, i already had some really bad broke bearings that were blocked. And i had to drive another 20 miles with them, so that will be the Problem. Well at the moment it looks good, at least it works and no more Oil is coming out of the Brake drum Thank you for your help Thierry

It seems that i need some adjustment washer that help to get less Play. Just mounted without any shims or washers, there is about 4mm play. So i will use some washer with the size of the outer bearing cup to get to the proper end play. Looks like the only possibility to me. Greets Thierry

Hi Moses, thank you for your response and the link to the other Thread. I am not sure on how to adjst the end play as it seems to be the other way around, there is play without any shim. So it should get more with shims or am i wrong? Will try this later. The Hub and shaft on driver side is a new 2 piece version in the same length. It was mounted the way that the Manual told with the correct spacing. Thierry

Hi everybody, my first post here, found this Forum on my search on informations about the AMC 20. As i am from Germany, i must pre- apologize for all the misspelling that will come up. But now we come to my Problem with my 79 CJ7, i have rebuild the rear axle with new bearings and seal just some weeks ago. Yesterday there was oil under the rear tyre, it came out of the brake drum and as i disassembled i saw it comes out of the axle. I realized that there is a lot end Play even without any shims. Does this mean that the axle Housing is worn and needs to get replaced? Thank you for the support Greets from Germany Thierry