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Thanks Pete, Would you say its best to change both sides as this one has failed? I've read some horror stories about refitting the bushes, do you have any tips? Simon

Hi Whilst out having a drive I heard a bang from the back end. It turns out the long diff stud has snapped in two. My questions are how easy is it to replace? What else should I check or change? From what year did they change to the stepped stud? It looks like this one is not stepped but I won’t know for sure until no get it all out. Any advice is much appreciated

Talking of those 3 studs at the bottom, how on earth did they ever tighten them originally? if I'm lucky I can turn the single nut at the back a quarter of a turn at a time. Did they have a special tool or adapted tool or tighten it before the body went on? I can't be the only person to have difficulty with this but I expect it's a case of undoing each nut a little bit at a time, but I can't help thinking someone must have come up with some sort of tool albeit a bent spanner or similar. I welcome any constructive hacks or hints

At least it wasn’t anything terminal and you’re well practiced at putting the engine back in😃

Good to see you have her running. Unfortunately I have had to resort to holding my otter switch is in with cable ties and that temporary fix has been in for many months now.

Well gentlemen, I must say thank you, I have enjoyed reading this. I have had my Elite 501 for over 20 years with all the tears and tantrums that go hand in hand with owning a classic car (especially a Lotus). This thread has given me many ideas for keeping her going in the future. The problems are never ending with the next thing being stopping the water ingress (passenger footwell) that appears to have developed since the weather changed. Onwards and upwards🤞

Max (xam69) is your man. Maybe contact him directly if you can?

Thank you Max, I received the kit, it took about half hour to fit and adjust etc. That was about a month ago and I can report that all is working very well. I would even say that the pedal feels smoother in use.

Count me in. I'm more than willing to test your kits. Let me know how to progress.

I'm more then happy to do some further product testing !!

Did you managw to put these kits together and If so where can we get them and how much?

Hi All, Does any one still have any parts knocking around? I need many parts! cheers

Great to see and read the progress so far!!