Another day off ! But a good excuse ... Henry's 16th Birthday (Hippo Bird day H !) and Amy was playing the drums at a school concert (Rock on Amy !). In between these I managed to do some work on the car.
Firstly fitted the front hubs ... the only issue was tightening the nut on the top ball joint. It needed a lot of downward pressure to stop it revolving. Got there in the end. Here's the finished article.
I then moved to the rear suspension. All was pretty straightforward and I soon had the hubs on both sides. Standing back to admire my work I checked the manual for the next step ... trouble was the picture in the manual didn't match what I had built. "Oh bother" I exclaimed (or words to that efffect) ... I had put the lower wishbones on the wrong way round ... on both sides! The manual clearly states the single arm with the bush at the front ... I had it at the back. Here's the wrong way and the right way once I'd taken both sides off and started again.
And here is a photo of both sides completed.
Next step to fit the rear discs and calipers. I realised I couldn't start this as I hadn't got any hex sockets for the set screws that secure the calipers to the hubs. I needed two different sizes, one for the calipers and one for the driveshafts. A trip to the local motor factors and £37 later (don't tell Sandra) I had a full set of 3/8" drive hex bits with a 1/2" adaptor so that I could connect them to the torque wrench. All sorted ready for the next build session!
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