Nice, tho i dont get all the camber.toe figures stuff, im just not cleaver enough! lol
As for the bushes, best way i found is cut all the way round with a hack saw down to the mettle bush on both sides then just hammer them out!
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Nice, tho i dont get all the camber.toe figures stuff, im just not cleaver enough! lol
As for the bushes, best way i found is cut all the way round with a hack saw down to the mettle bush on both sides then just hammer them out!
I'm not to fussed, been doing some wiring bushes and found some scabbing that i did know was hiding around the sunroof drain. So i'm gonna set about cleaning that all up, then i can seal and repaint everything.Quote:
Originally Posted by jafanan
I'll be at Billing with Migclub so make sure you come over and find me.
I dont, but am learning. Camber is easy really. Toe is abit more tricky.Quote:
Originally Posted by scott.parker
In terms of it's effects or how it's measured/what it is?Quote:
Originally Posted by Benn
Well, yeah i guess it's not really. As it's the same as setting camber up just a different angle.
I'm not sure what just happened so I'll just assume you worked it out for yourself somewhere in that and posted something along those lines lol
I thought about it again, camber and toe are the same things, just at different angels. So both are easy to correct with a bit of measuring and some trigonometry to work out what is needed. That is the hard part.. As i dont remember being tough it at school..lol
Benn....can i ask a massive favour. Whilst you have your beam stripped, can you measure the length of the springs on your rear shocks please.
Heres why...http://www.pngclub.com/forum/showthr...oilover-issues..
Replied to your thread Pete.
Good work dude!
the reason it was easier in those far off days is simple.... they were examples.... you are trying to actually calculate something in the real world.Quote:
Originally Posted by Benn
Cheers dude,Quote:
Originally Posted by Count Vaux Alot
True and that means nothing adds up right..lolQuote:
Originally Posted by mowgli
benn saw earlier in the thread you said you didnt think 15in wheels would fit over your brakes, if your still running the willwood 4 pots with 280mm disks 15s do fit there tight but fit i sling a pair on the front of mine when i go on the strip, well used to before some robbing b nicked them
Oh right, cheers for the tip.
think it will depend on wheel design though, ive had 3 sets of 17s on the saloon 2 needed spacers and the otheres were fine luckily the softstars on the van cleared with no spacers, the 15s i had were just a set of dare 5 spokes but cleared fine needed 5mm spacers though
Yeah its the shape of the spokes.
love this car very much
Just read the whole thread,took me about 4 hours in total. Really enjoyed it and have learnt alot from it.
Attention to detail is unreal and everything is done 100% perfect,truly good work Ben,deserve alot of credit. :thumb::thumb:
Thank you very much,Quote:
Originally Posted by Jedro
Sorry for the delay, Glad you've enjoyed the read. Thank you very much, i try to do everything as best as i can. It's not 100% perfect, hence me doing stuff over..lolQuote:
Originally Posted by DansCorsaXE
Hhhmm been a while since i updated, that cause i've been working away..
So rear beam... With it off and at the powder coaters i stripped the hubs down..
Backing plates cleaned and painted,
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...earbrakes1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...earbrakes2.jpg
Beam back.. Looks great, had to drill out the old bushes (hence the rusty dust in some pics)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...Beamstuff4.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...eamstuff28.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...Beamstuff7.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...Beamstuff8.jpg
Time to build the hubs and braking bits up.. Garage isn't the nicest place too sit. So made a work bench and sat in front of the tv to do it..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...eamstuff29.jpg
Not a fun job when you stripped it a month before and didn't take any pics to help you remember...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...Beamstuff3.jpg
Discs grease masked and painted. (painted the edge of the disc as i hate it when they are all rusty)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...n/IMAG0251.jpg
Grease it,
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...n/IMAG0250.jpg
Then paint it,
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...n/IMAG0249.jpg
Then wipe paint off and the braking surface is clean...
So then start rebuilding beam, Remember my bad caster? Using some tig (soh-cah-toa) i worked out what was needed to fix it and had some shim made to correct. (left 1.4mm and right 2.9mm cut on a lathe)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...0on/shims1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...0on/shims2.jpg
Hubs on, disc on.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...eamstuff15.jpg
Calipar on,
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...eamstuff25.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...eamstuff24.jpg
Bolts painted ;)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...eamstuff18.jpg
ARB painted Arden blue.. ;) and fitted with new bolts..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...eamstuff23.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...eamstuff21.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...eamstuff19.jpg
Coilovers stripped and cleaned ready to refit.
All new brake lines made.. Altho that don't look that great, they are all bent with a bender to be right and night, all have been painted too.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...rakelines4.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...rakelines1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...rakelines3.jpg
Hose clips..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...rakelines9.jpg
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The Goodrich braided hoses are sh*te too. So i've wire wheeled them all clean and repainted them too.. So they look a bit better..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...rakelines5.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...rakelines6.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...rakelines7.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...rakelines8.jpg
Will refit tomoz,
And that's everything up to speed.
Edit, needs an oil change so...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...on/filter2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...on/filter1.jpg
Excellent work and update just as I expected lol
Cheers dude, been a long dirty road to get here..lol
Again, top work Benn.
Benn! Stop spending time painting oil filters & start fabricating some independent rear suspension :D
Beam has come up well!
looking good ben :thumb:
Cheers dude.Quote:
Originally Posted by gazz
If i had your fab skills i would dude. I'd love to have turreted the back end too, but im not sure my welding is strong enough for the job..Quote:
Originally Posted by BRoadGhost
Rest of the lines are now on too, looks nice. Pics later..Quote:
Originally Posted by Balley
Cheers dude. One side of toe is sorter, the other still looks a bit out.Quote:
Originally Posted by pie
Looking good benn
You're not chroming the Goodridges?! Tssssss.....
Not as tidy as i'd have liked, but much better.Quote:
Originally Posted by NOV4_SPORT
Nah their crap really.Quote:
Originally Posted by Vlietje
Should have just gone for HEL or the Goodridge ones with stainless ends. I like the colour coded oil filter! Very neat touch!
How strong of a MIG welder have you got access to Ben? Anything 130 upwards would be fine providing you don't go beyond 2MM steel.
You won't gain confidence without going for it; If your main concern is strength, I think it'll be more bomb-proof than you imagine, even with average messy looking welds. Remember it's the shape & structure of the metal going in that'll dictate the durability. Go get some 2MM sheet steel, a load of 1MM cutting disks for the grinder, some paint, enough gas / wire for the welder and make the push!
[btw if you are going to, make them high and further towards the back of the car than the o.e positioning]
Now's the time to go for such things; before you know it you'll be tubbing arches & extending the beam!
http://img.overpic.net/images/t/m/c/...05p1jzoc9c.jpg
http://img.overpic.net/images/g/9/t/...31bw9drt0a.jpg
I didnt know they made them, had these a while as you can see. A coat of paint has sorted it.Quote:
Originally Posted by SimonTW
My filter was polished last year, but they are very cheap tin, so wasnt great, this way it wont rust with in tomins.
I have a Clarks 151te, welds really well. Ive been doing some jobs with it so had a bit of pratice.Quote:
Originally Posted by BRoadGhost
Looking at your tubs, im gonna say your your skills are a bit better than mine, but as you say you learn as you do, but there is the safty worry where its something structle.. ive used door skin metal as thats nice and thick.
Oh dear i'm spent! this gives me very very bad thoughts given i have some horribly rotten inner arches lolQuote:
Originally Posted by BRoadGhost
P.S BRoad do you have any more pics specifically how much of the old you cut out?
Yeah there's some more somewhere, but I shouldn't be hijacking another member's thread. I left some on the O/S just because of how deep in it goes with the o.e filler location.
Aside from that everything went.
Quote:
Originally Posted by BRoadGhost
have you got a build thread anywhere?
As ever nice work Benn, nice little touches are what make your motor stand out :cool:
Ok cool i'll pm youQuote:
Originally Posted by BRoadGhost
PS sorry for the hijack Benn :)
Cheers dude, all in the line of making it better...Quote:
Originally Posted by Southie
Its cool, Mr ghost needs a build thread, as he has an amazing car! And his last build thread stopped quite a few years ago...Quote:
Originally Posted by Count Vaux Alot