Time to start explaining

[Barrykearley]

Slowly making sense of the pile of bits sj sent. 

Most bits loosely sat in place or on the car now.

with the exception of the trailing arm bushes. Now here lies a story. Drivers side hanging off. Brake pipes not in the best of condition - calipers now disconnected. The bolt is stuck solid in the trailing arm. It’s gotta come off and out to sort that. No doubt the other side will be equally as problematic

[Barrykearley]

Both trailing arms removed now. 

Took 28ton on the press to get the stuck bolt to move - it was somewhat bent.

Ive gotta do the early morning swimming run tomorrow - as that coincides nicely with the fact pirtek can make up some nice new braided brake pipes.

[Barrykearley]

Pirtek closed this morning.

still - just round the corner is another place - they had a whole lot more selection - and ends in stainless 

 

[eeyoreish]

Cheaper than a ready made set from SJ etc?

[Barrykearley]

Not especially - these are made while you wait in a selection of colours. Stainless 316 fittings and HEL uk made pipes.

in this instance it’s different from the offering at SJ

[fjmuurling]

only 4 new flexible brakelines ? not 6 ?

[Chillidoggy]

2 hours ago, Barrykearley said:

Pirtek closed this morning.

still - just round the corner is another place - they had a whole lot more selection - and ends in stainless 

 

 

Those powder-coaters have been busy.

[Barrykearley]

1 hour ago, fjmuurling said:

only 4 new flexible brakelines ? not 6 ?

Rears only - hindering me refitting the trailing arms

[Barrykearley]

All the rear stuff now fitted on the car awaiting the shocker top mount adapters.

that took a whole lot longer than it should have

[Barrykearley]

Breakfast club at shelsley this morning.

saw this beauty - showed wendy the pics when I got home. She said if I sold a Lotus I can have one........ told her I need to sell a barn first

 

[Barrykearley]

Pressed the arb into the lower arms on the way home from work last night.

Bar itself painted - I’ll fit them on today in anticipation of the arrival of the shocker mounts.

hopefully I’ll sort the lower link inserts today as well

[Chillidoggy]

26 minutes ago, Barrykearley said:

Pressed the arb into the lower arms on the way home from work last night.

 

 

Impressive stuff.

[Sparky]

Yeah, I'd like to see that.

[Barrykearley]

Bushes 👍

[swindon_alan]

Love bushes...

[Barrykearley]

I even pushed this bush in dry

[pete]

Not the first time then

[Chillidoggy]

Still quite a feat whilst driving, even though it's just the bushes.

[Giniw]

(@Barrykearley> By the way did you have the opportunity to check the ARB diameter please? )

[Barrykearley]

I’ll look in the scrap pile!!

track rod ends off and new ones on.

lower link inserts out. Takes a bit of patience, some nuts, bolts and appropriate spacers. Clean them up - and back in they shall go later on. I’d actually been dreading that job with the horror stories on here and the cost of replacement hubs. But frankly it was a doddle - about 30minutes a side to remove

 

[Barrykearley]

@Giniw - 46mm

[Giniw]

Errr thanks but I think we are not talking about the same thing, to me ARB means Anti-Roll Bar so it should be more like in the 15-17 mm range?!

[Barrykearley]

Keep getting my bushes and bars mixed up

15mm and 11.5mm roughly

[Giniw]

Thank you very much — I think I remember my original one was 15mm too.

[Chillidoggy]

Just measured mine - nominally 15mm.

56 minutes ago, Barrykearley said:

Keep getting my bushes and bars mixed up

 

Cue Swindon Alan.