What stops the track rod going up then ? The pin is smaller than the hole being drilled
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What stops the track rod going up then ? The pin is smaller than the hole being drilled
The tapered insert is an interference fit into the drilled knuckle; rod end just bolts up from underneath.
But my way would also work I belive and it would be a compression fit the nut would always keep it in place and no chance it can move up
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Originally Posted by BRoadGhost
That looks awesome. Any more pics/info/build thread? Sound like you have alot of knowledge would be sweet to see your nova.
Cutting out the arches to get dem lows is cheating lol
Welding a re drilling is ok, but if i have any prob, i can remove the sleeve and change it back to the std way.Quote:
Originally Posted by dgbnova#1
haha yes.Quote:
Originally Posted by dgbnova#1
Glad you agree, you'res is looking good, more pics needed.Quote:
Originally Posted by BRoadGhost
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Originally Posted by dgbnova#1
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Originally Posted by BRoadGhost
The sleeve will have a bottom to it, so where the nut is it will have a edge so to speak, so when its done up the sleeve wont more at all. Plus it will be a tight/press fit. So it shouldn't more at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by dgbnova#1
I keep telling him too...Quote:
Originally Posted by ben doodar
Yes, but think of how nice a full lock would be..lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Johnny A
Ok that makes more sence then if it's got a shoulder to stop the incert moveing up
I get full lock on mine, I tested it when I moved the estate outside lastQuote:
Originally Posted by Benn
Lucky you john.
So got my sleeve's and one hub back to day... I like it.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...psqzfjy6k2.jpg
How it will fit, shoulder at top.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...psjzpc0hdk.jpg
Hi there...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...psjdtoxzqo.jpg
Sat in the hole.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...psqg4c0glt.jpg
Gonna refit it all tonight :)
Oh I like that!
Fair play for getting these done quick Ben.
No doubt you will get asked for these now.
I was gonna pop in a see him today, hoping they'd be done. I'm hoping if i get a bit done tonight i can get these one refitted and get the other side stripped down.
Getting them made up wouldn't be a prob. Not that cheap tho, just due to the time machining them.
Be interesting to see how this works out for you Benn, Nice work
They're awesome Benn. Nice bit of machine work there. won't the collar on the sleeve reduce the amount of track rod end that goes thru the hub?
Me too, but as long as the angles are better then it should work.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kev Turbo
They are rather tasty. With how far the threaded bit sticks thru the hub there is more than enough thread free.Quote:
Originally Posted by ben doodar
That setup looks spot on... Should definitely see if he can reduce costs by machining up a batch for selling on.
Can never knock Benn for speed of progress can you! Consistent updates and progress. Just hoping one day he sell this and starts all over again so we have more materiel to read ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by craig green
Yeah he might well do.Quote:
Originally Posted by Iain
lol cheers, i do fancy a Corsa VRX Ring spec, but don't want finance and haven't seen them cheap enough i could buy with folding lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Kev Turbo
I dont think anything is ever finished where Benn's car is concerned. I've seen go over & re-do most things more than once. LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by Kev Turbo
Never happy me...lol
In Truth, there are bits that have been done i wasn't happy with, either thought rushing or not done well enough/badly done at the time (in my eyes)
I tend to pick faults in everything.
Would be sacrilege to sell that benn, that said i could probably find room in my collection for it should you decide to sell :) Would probably have to find a new missus though lol
In love with that idea well done benn
hahaha Don't remember say i'd sell it tho...Quote:
Originally Posted by Rob H
Hopefully it will work.Quote:
Originally Posted by nova_stee
Great solution there Ben
You could probably make a few £££ by selling them
lol You dont know what this job has cost me.... If anyone else pays what i have i'll be amazed.
Is that cheap or expensive then can be both ways with what you said there
To buy the proper rose joints isnt cheap though
Mmm looks fine; he's taken more from the knuckle than Martin did on mine and the inserts required a press (+glued).
If the bill for inserts & knuckle machining exceeds £80 I would take issue; if they don't back down, I'd not use them again (tell him that too) assuming there's another machinist you can use.
Reading the comment two down, these are expensive! More than i thought.Quote:
Originally Posted by dgbnova#1
Nope.Quote:
Originally Posted by nova_stee
These will need pressing in from what i've tried this evening, They dont sit all the way in, get tight so must just wanted pressing in the last bit. Think it's worth glueing them in? I've been thinking out it this afternoon...Quote:
Originally Posted by BRoadGhost
Its more than 80£.
Had a suspicion someone had latched on to the benefit as an excuse to start charging the earth. Keep this in mind always when you have the option to physically take the business elsewhere; imo don't even go into what it's for, in this instance just ask "can you reverse the taper on this pls & how much?"
Yes, I would get the epoxy in it too while you can.
I had to do it though two people sadly, So had to explain it all to the first guy who then put me in touch with the 2nd after talking to him.
Any link to the epoxy you'd use?
very nice benn! if a group buy was organised then id take a set.
Cheers, if that happens ill put your name down.
While the hubs have been away i've been doing a few bits. Found my battery tray had been welded/patched. Badly. Dan noticed you could see light thought it when he was under my dash... With a bit of grinding i cut the crappy patch out. This is mid job.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...psb0206ec5.jpg
It was all cut out, cleaned up, rust treated, then i butt welded a bit back in so it would be flush and look better.
Sadly it had made a small hole on the underside too in the inner arch. So this was cut out too and replaced.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...psd232fc1d.jpg
All done, etch primed and no re sealed with 3M sealant. I also took the chance to remove my "airbox" and seal all of that part of the arch as when i built it up in the summer the bodyshop didn't have any bag's of sealant i could buy. So it was painted and left... For now.
Sealant.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...psb30ba850.jpg
Going on..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...ps25652253.jpg
Over the rear of the headlight surround too, as i cut the old one off and fitted a new one.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...ps19c9ddfc.jpg
Two days later when it was dry, i masked the car up and started to paint...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...psbb75f82e.jpg
Flash makes it look a bit untidy. Sure it doesn't look that bad.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...psfc9c0c66.jpg
While i was painting stuff, i bared off and repaint my hub flange.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...psf0a791e1.jpg
Fitted the sleeve,
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...pscpsoougt.jpg
Had to use my big vice and lean on it. It's a very tight interference fitting.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...psnmcftrzk.jpg
Fitting....
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...ps198af06c.jpg
Crap pic of the angle before. (using the jack to simulate ride height) (Yes my arches are very dirty here, not now)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...pse7db2d2b.jpg
Sat on it's wheels. This was the pic that made me do this job.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...ps37fae2de.jpg
Another on the jack.. Doesn't look as bad but it i.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...ps8nnfvolc.jpg
Much better.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...psewfobamw.jpg
Held on the jack here
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...psxsgzqirh.jpg
Looks in line/same kinda angle as/with the lower arm.. Which is the best way to correct bump steer from what you guys have said above.
On the jack again.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...ps1lgtij24.jpg
On it's wheels... Looks alot less angle.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...ps5954754b.jpg
Stripped the other side off, gonna drop it down to be drilled tomoz.
Gen me up on the 3M sealant?
Looks a lot like original?
Top effort!
Is a 2pac stuff in a bag,(bag has a join in the middle you tease apart and have to mix it all together in the main bag) meant to be sprayed (you buy a gun and spray with a compressure) is a rubberized sealant, so it take a knock or bang.. Nice and flexi but strong. Best stuff ive used (home or in the bodyshop, used ut there on all restos being painted underside)
Way better than anything gm use.
Not cheap tho. What i did there was most of a bag(worse when sprayed) get them them cheap at 18quid a bag.. via the body shop... Need a proper trade supplier to buy them from too...
10 stainless P clips came today, to hold the loom in the inner arches. Will make it all tidier.
Really liking the hub carrier mods Benn. More details and pics please. Blatantly ripping that mod off!! lol