Ok so yes I have searched, and yes I have read and watched videos, and yes I think I can do it myself. However, how important is it to use dial gauges? Ok so my issue with my 93 xks convertible is that I started feeling a shake and thought maybe I had a flat spot in the tire from it sitting for a little bit. I jacked it up when it didn’t go away and sure enough both rear wheels have up and down and side to side play. I thought “but my rear was rebuilt a couple thousand miles before I bought it”. Of course I looked at the paper and saw that the jag shop “reshimmed the bearings”. Drrrrrrr! So that does away with the “just put in new bearings with the original shims” line of thinking. I called my local English motors shop and they told me that they can do it, but it depending on how much trouble they have getting it right, labor could talley up quickly. Is there anything else that could cause the play? You barely have to push for it them to wiggle, and it’s the same feel on both sides. Oh and my lugs and Jesus nuts are tight

 

This should be helpful:
https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...ebuild-225834/

You do not need a dial gauge, but you do need an electronic caliper thingy (see the post above) and you do need to ensure you have the correct shim as also explained above.
While doing this it is a very good plan to do the UJs if the car has a decent number of miles on it.
The first thing I would do is to ensure the main nut on the end of the driveshaft is properly torqued up; if it is, and the hubs have recently been apart, the job is very straightforward and is easily done in a day. It is quite possible that the guys who did the work left out one or other important bits! Also, new bearings are cheap (say 30 USD a side if that) so worth renewing them too.

 

I did read through part of that one, however I will go through it again! Thanks