An apparently simple and straightforward job that actually involves a good deal of skill and judgement. That clearly improves with experience.

adam, thanks for taking the time to make such a clear, practical video - i've just completed the job on the front lh wheel on my XJ6. i've taken it for a couple of laps around the blocks and it drives well.

Thank you for a great video! I live in Northern California and restore vintage Lincoln Continentals. But, in addition to a 1961 Lincoln Continental convertible, I also own a 1989 XJS convertible-that I love. Because I don't have as much hands on experience with the XJS, I sometimes need the "encouragement" your videos give me! Keep up the good work!

As always, great work.  Glad to see it's an easy and straight forward job.

Had a laugh when you said "Im thinking was it this side I heard the noise from"! When you drive these old things part of the process is constantly listening to any new noises. There is always something😄

Great! I also changed a wheel bearing and a driveshaft of my X-type the previous week. The season to take care of undercarriage came.

Love this, i Daily drive a xj8 even through British winter. 150,000 miles and my 1st major issue, Front wheel Bearing. Best cars ever!!

Thanks, just did my bearings on my XJS first time, and your video helped immensely!

Great video! Thank You !

I did some modifications and repairs to my Sovereign XJ40 and it has greatly improve the fuel economy. Here is a list: Electric cooling fan, removing the sls pump and diff output bearings. My average fuel economy before was: 13.5 l/100km and now it is: 12.0 l/100km. This is with the AC on and 75% city, 25% road use. I'm very happy with the result!

Great tutorial Adam!  Also, way to improvise using common tools to get the job done!

Nice job - I have to do the same job on my XJS - good timing!

Thanx 4 Sharing ur videos. Great job. Do you hav a vid on r/r rear hub on th 1995 Jaguar XJS V12?

Beautiful car

Rear wheel bearings are awful to change! You should do yours (make a new video and show us how it’s done ;) )

Side cutters make it easier to remove split pins (IMHO), wooo I am sorry but it is way easier to remove the caliper then the hub WITH the rotor.
Once again IMHO you always do both sides at the same time.
Handy tip always put the bearing race in the freezer for as many hours as you can that way they go in easier.

Hi there eh do you have videos how to replace the belts on 87 jaguar xj6 ,mine are all worn , i want to see if i can do it or no ,thank you

I've owned 2 manual gearbox XJ6's and both covered 190K miles.   On both I had the brake judder and on a long run of 200 miles high speed motorway driving for work, sometimes the car would pull to the side under braking.  The problem seemed to be that whilst the pistons in the calliper did move freely,  on a really long motorway run one piston would get hot and seize when the brake was applied and not retract until the brake cooled (Possibly due to high mileage brake dust). Unfortunately over time without correction I needed calliper replacements as the pistons seize solid  and couldn't be freed.

I’m in the process of restoring the front suspension unit on my xj-s and next up is installing the hubs/bearings/rotors. This was just the video I needed to visualize the job!

It's funny how these revived older cars repay your care and attention by presenting the next little gripe or grumble for you to sort out.

I noticed you didn't actually identify which of the 2 bearings was dry or worn...  I'm presuming the rear one ? It clearly only had the minimum of ancient grease remaining so it seems that topping up the hub via the grease nipple really doesn't get fresh grease to the back of the hub... perhaps you just need to add a heck of a lot to force it right back ? If you take the other side apart maybe you can reach a conclusion, it could be worth checking ?

Oh yes and finally... surely there's no actual point in greasing up the stub axle ? Nothing is supposed to spin or is likely to stick...