What is the most difficult part of building the kit?
Probably building the rear suspension assembly. It entails lots of shimmed bearing packs, seals and caliper/emergency brake rebuilding. Even with the experience of doing hundreds of assemblies, we still spend about 15 hours on each one. If you still want to do it, we can help a bit with parts and advice, but you should still get a good manual. Alternately, you can purchase an assembly from us or Concours West, a Jaguar rear-end specialist. Birth of a New Machine – Dan Somers’ story of building an ERA.
Probably building the rear suspension assembly. It entails lots of shimmed bearing packs, seals and caliper/emergency brake rebuilding. Even with the experience of doing hundreds of assemblies, we still spend about 15 hours on each one. If you still want to do it, we can help a bit with parts and advice, but you should still get a good manual. Alternately, you can purchase an assembly from us or Concours West, a Jaguar rear-end specialist. Birth of a New Machine – Dan Somers’ story of building an ERA kiit.
