As I’ve got all of the rear suspension off, it makes sense to take a good look at the state of the chassis rails whilst I’ve got relatively good access. Underneath a layer of flaky rust they’re basically sound, but both sides will need a section chopping out and replacing at some point, where they’re flaking a little too much around the top drain hole It’s not too bad, but…
Bastard buggering monkey jugglers! Which incompetent fool designed the Deflex sterring rack bushes? Have they even seen a steering rack, or did they just guess what one might look like? They dont even fit inside the brackets on their own – never mind when they’re wrapped around the rack About the only way I could make them fit is if I unbolted the crossmember, put it on the bench and “finessed” everything together with a…
Originally Posted by DarthVader First fit the lower control arms to the x-member and then swing the ARB up to their mounts. . You’re not wrong there Darth I was trying to be clever by attaching the TCAs to the ARB first, then attaching the TCAs to the crossmember … but even though I’ve been “pumping iron” at the gym. there wasn’t a cat in hell’s chance of it coming together like that Maybe with…
OK, first up – those pesky ARB chassis brackets. Each had one broken bolt stuck in them that had sheared off when removing the ARB and which was rusted in solid. No amount of Plusgas was freeing them up, but to be fair, it wouldn’t have done much good as there wasn’t really anything left to get hold of. In to college then and time for a play in the Mech.…
That last TCA nut didn’t want to give up without a fight, but in the end it couldn’t compete against the combined might of the angle grinder, cold chisel and lump hammer It’s definitely been changed since the car was built, so I’m guessing whoever did it chose to use salt water on the threads instead of copper grease for some bizarre reason As the ARB chassis brackets had to come…
Steering rack and both track rod ends now successfully off the car – the jacking-up tip worked a treat Replacements are being picked up from the nice people at General Traffic tomorrow at a mere twenty quid for the rack and four quid each for the TREs The other nut on the TCA rose joint isn’t shifting for love nor money. Getting the steering off enabled me to rotate the strut to…
Isn’t it amazing how doing nothing for years can sometimes be good, and sometimes be bad? Trees, for example – do nothing with ’em for a few million years and you get petrol Steel nuts and bolts, however, you can’t even leave for twenty seven years … This weekend has been spent stripping down the front suspension eager to put some shiny new bits on, but in total I’ve managed to…
Amazing as it seems, this thread is now almost a year old Thanks for all your help and encouragement folks All of which means that the car’s due for an MOT . I took the opportunity at college this week to get the car up onto the ramps and have a good look around underneath, attack any surface rust on the chassis sections with a wire brush, clean up old fluid…