Jaguar World – July 2019

Wornsubframebushes,especiallytherearmostV-shapedbushes,are
difficulttospotuntiltheengineissupportedandthesuspensionisn’t
underload.Here,thebusheshaveseparatedandneedreplacing

Thefirststageinrenewingtherearmostbushesforthefrontsubframe

istosupporttheenginesoitsmountscanbeundone.TomLenthall’s

technicianfitsanenginesupportbeamacrossthefrontwingsoftheXJ6

andattachesittoaliftingeyeontheengine

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Thesubframeissupportedusinga

transmissionjackandablockofwood.This

takestheloadoffitsmountingboltssothey

areeasiertoundo

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A^9 / 16 innutinthemiddleofeachV-shapedfront

subframemountsecuresthesubframeinto

position.Afterundoingthisnut,thebroken

mountisfreetomove,butcannotberemoved

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Afterextractingoneofthesubframemounts,

compareitwiththereplacementyouintend

tofittomakesurethenewoneisthecorrect

shapeandsize,andhasthesamemounting

holesandcentrethread

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Manoeuvrethenewmountintoposition,if

necessaryusingaprybarforextraleverage.

Clean,greaseandreusethetwo9/16inbolts

thatsecurethemounttocaptivenutsinside

thechassislegs

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Aprybarmayberequiredtoleverthesubframe
awayandextracttheoldmount.Itmayhelpto
dropthesubframedownalittle,butitmuststill
besupportedbythetransmissionjack

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Two9/16inboltssecureeachsubframemount

tothechassislegs.Oneiseasytoseeand

accessfromunderneath,whereastheotheris

moreawkwardtofindandundo

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Withengineandsubframesecurelysupported,

trytomanoeuvreeachsubframemountout

frombetweentheundersideofthechassisleg

andtopofthesubframe

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Theenginemayneedliftingalittlemoreto
ensureitstwomountsarenotpushingdown
onthefrontsubframe(whichwouldmakeit
hardertoremovetheoldsubframemounts)

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FRONTSUBFRAME:REARBUSHES

Totakepressureoffthesubframe,withtheengine
supported,undofour½inboltsatthetwoenginemounts
(betweensidesoftheengineblockandsubframe)
wherethemountsaresecuredtothesubframe

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