Iain's 20XE Trackday Nova

[Iain]

It's this one: http://www.gunson.co.uk/item.aspx?cat=664&item=4034

Loads of places sell it, motorsport shops, eBay etc.

[Benn]

Love the tool.

[Harvey]

Nice work, glad you got the box sorted for this Thursday at Donny.

[Mazz]

How do make sure the car is level when setting the camber up?

[Paul]

How do make sure the car is level when setting the camber up?

I'll have a stab in the dark with a jack under either side of the car

Set up the camber bolts today, really easy to get the right adjustment so I hope they stay in the desired position.

Lowering it with the suspension compressed to ride hieght:

[Iain]

I usually measure sill to floor before jacking it up so I know where to lower it back down to. This time it was already on stands so I measured wheel centre to tyre outer and lowered the car down using the CV thread as a centrepoint.

After setting up the camber and putting it back on it's wheels and having a test drive I parked it in a different place on the driveway and they both read 1.5 degrees so hopefully done it right!

[Mazz]

I'll have a stab in the dark with a jack under either side of the car

I meant where/what does he measure to get it level smart ar$e..!

Thanks Lionel..

[SimonTW]

TREs returned, going to get the taper inverted in the hub I think.

A couple of pics of what I've been doing lately...

New spherical bearings in my tie bar brackets. For anyone wanting to order some they had GEG20ES-2RS stamped on the original ones and are the larger outer diameter ones (42mm)

Sorry to quote from yonks ago but did you change the bearings due to having play in them or just because you were changing a few parts on the car?

[Iain]

No probs Simon. One had some play so I renewed both bearings.

The brackets have grease nipples on however I had neglected to grease them since fitting (9,000 miles of road and track use in all weathers) due to ignorance/being unaware so I think this killed them. With the new bearings I am greasing them every couple of months (did it the other day actually) to hopefully prolong their life.

[SimonTW]

I have the same brackets. I haven't done a great deal of miles on them since I rebuilt them after I had them powdercoated when new I haven't greased them and now one of them has started clunking and knocking and seems to have a visible amount of play in them so presume I might have killed them. Guess it's probably down to me not keeping them greased up. Cheers for the info. Much appreciated.