Lurk mode off - suspension refurb....
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carsy said:
Phil, dont worry just yet.....
Thanks, Ian - lots of bits are coming on Tuesday - so, prepping for that over the weekend.Front ARB off - and need to prep that...
And the rest of the day I spent trying to change the headlight reflector - what a balls aching job that is!
One bolt holding the cowl on - and mastick did the rest! Awful really....
Also, took the plunge and ordered the Steve Edwards headlight / cowl surround on Wednesday - lucky really, as the cowl almost disintegrated in my hands! And I was being gentile! It is now in 6 or so pieces and made of the strangest material.
Nosh
In between the showers, managed to do some stuff today....
Drilled the 12mm holes to mount the cossie carrier on the knuckle - was really worried I would cock it up, but it came out good in the end......
Prepped both front wheelarches in prep for the cleaning / stone chip of the arches and on the front of the outriggers..
Quite happy with the result....
Managed to mount the shocks on the lower wishbones - a ball aching job - difficult to get the bolts through; had to remove some powder coat and then jiggled my two 19mm spanners to tigthen the bugger up!
And I need to clean up!
I have two horrible jobs left - remove the rubber brake hoses and replace with braided ones - nuts are rusty and seemingly welded on!
And I need to remove the track rod ends - again, looks like they will be sods - rusty and tight.
Nosh.
Drilled the 12mm holes to mount the cossie carrier on the knuckle - was really worried I would cock it up, but it came out good in the end......
Prepped both front wheelarches in prep for the cleaning / stone chip of the arches and on the front of the outriggers..
Quite happy with the result....
Managed to mount the shocks on the lower wishbones - a ball aching job - difficult to get the bolts through; had to remove some powder coat and then jiggled my two 19mm spanners to tigthen the bugger up!
And I need to clean up!
I have two horrible jobs left - remove the rubber brake hoses and replace with braided ones - nuts are rusty and seemingly welded on!
And I need to remove the track rod ends - again, looks like they will be sods - rusty and tight.
Nosh.
Got the track rod ends off today - I don't have a blow torch but my daughter has a mini one for doing sugar on the top of a creme brulee (she is a chef!) - the nut was also cut with my trusty dremel and then chiseled off. Pig of a job...
Just got to do the brake lines (change them for braided).
Any tips on getting a new steering rack boot on - there must be a knack to putting one on, without having to resort to removing the steering rack!?? Any advice?
Big day tomorrow, as hope to get all the wishbones onto the car etc etc...and finish it almost....
Cheers
Nosh
Just got to do the brake lines (change them for braided).
Any tips on getting a new steering rack boot on - there must be a knack to putting one on, without having to resort to removing the steering rack!?? Any advice?
Big day tomorrow, as hope to get all the wishbones onto the car etc etc...and finish it almost....
Cheers
Nosh
Well, what a day....
Started at 08h00 with Andy the nex door neighbour (without whom I would not been able to do this, to be fair) and soon run into problems - the first being was missing bolts - or so I thought. I had got the bolt kit from Racetech and phoned a guy called Mark who has been massively helpful (as well as patient!). After he stated how many bolts I needed, I realised I actually had enough.
I had either lost some, or they were not in the kit - Mark had kindly sent some more that I would need to replace the missing ones. Stupid me, I simply had put the new bolts he sent at the beginning of the week with all the others in a jiffy bag and THEN forgot I had done that...
So, a hour or so was wasted looking for bolts I already had.
WTF???!?
Here it was mid installation, near side.
And almost there, just a couple of bolts to tighten up on the top ball joint into the top wishbone. The Cossie discs look lush as does the caliper assembly - I didn't need the spacers that came with the kit - just a 2 mm washer did the trick!
So, both sides done and some quick thinking once the showers came today.........
Both sides are done and tomorrow I will just recheck bolts and torque up where I need to.
Absolutely exhausted but really pleased with the results....
Nosh
Started at 08h00 with Andy the nex door neighbour (without whom I would not been able to do this, to be fair) and soon run into problems - the first being was missing bolts - or so I thought. I had got the bolt kit from Racetech and phoned a guy called Mark who has been massively helpful (as well as patient!). After he stated how many bolts I needed, I realised I actually had enough.
I had either lost some, or they were not in the kit - Mark had kindly sent some more that I would need to replace the missing ones. Stupid me, I simply had put the new bolts he sent at the beginning of the week with all the others in a jiffy bag and THEN forgot I had done that...
So, a hour or so was wasted looking for bolts I already had.
WTF???!?
Here it was mid installation, near side.
And almost there, just a couple of bolts to tighten up on the top ball joint into the top wishbone. The Cossie discs look lush as does the caliper assembly - I didn't need the spacers that came with the kit - just a 2 mm washer did the trick!
So, both sides done and some quick thinking once the showers came today.........
Both sides are done and tomorrow I will just recheck bolts and torque up where I need to.
Absolutely exhausted but really pleased with the results....
Nosh
QBee said:
Well done, looks lovely. 
Like to do mine next?
The question is Nosh would you do it all again. You have saved quite a few quid on labour charges and VAT, would you bite the bullet and pay someone to do it in less than half the time?? By the way l totally agree its looks fantastic work you have done.Like to do mine next?
portzi said:
The question is Nosh would you do it all again. You have saved quite a few quid on labour charges and VAT, would you bite the bullet and pay someone to do it in less than half the time?? By the way l totally agree its looks fantastic work you have done.
Mmmmmmmmmmmmy immediate answer is, "well, there is no need now, is there - all looking good for a few years...." - but would I tackle something this big again on my TVR?
The answer is probably yes - I could afford to have someone else do it - but I wanted to do it.
I have found a wealth a knowledge here on the PH forum - and I forgot how many times I mentioned to my neighbour, "what would you do without the internet??!!". And that is so true....
I have used Cokes' Katie rebuild as a great reference post - I found all the torque settings I needed in another helpful post.
I bought some shockers off one of the PHers here who happens to be a very nice guy, who is immensely helpful. And when he couldn't help, he put me in touch with someone else, who happens to to visiting 'Chez Nosh' on Sunday to help with brake bleeding and casting a fresh set of eyes over the latest Nosh-Labour-Effort". Fantastic stuff...
So, with such support and help, why can't you tackle these type of jobs? I also get a real sense of achievement as well - the Mrs can't see it (or understand it), but I think it was one of the main reasons I bought a TVR - and that is to work on it...
So - the answer is yes! I would do it again!
Nosh
Nosh said:
portzi said:
The question is Nosh would you do it all again. You have saved quite a few quid on labour charges and VAT, would you bite the bullet and pay someone to do it in less than half the time?? By the way l totally agree its looks fantastic work you have done.
Mmmmmmmmmmmmy immediate answer is, "well, there is no need now, is there - all looking good for a few years...." - but would I tackle something this big again on my TVR?
The answer is probably yes - I could afford to have someone else do it - but I wanted to do it.
I have found a wealth a knowledge here on the PH forum - and I forgot how many times I mentioned to my neighbour, "what would you do without the internet??!!". And that is so true....
I have used Cokes' Katie rebuild as a great reference post - I found all the torque settings I needed in another helpful post.
I bought some shockers off one of the PHers here who happens to be a very nice guy, who is immensely helpful. And when he couldn't help, he put me in touch with someone else, who happens to to visiting 'Chez Nosh' on Sunday to help with brake bleeding and casting a fresh set of eyes over the latest Nosh-Labour-Effort". Fantastic stuff...
So, with such support and help, why can't you tackle these type of jobs? I also get a real sense of achievement as well - the Mrs can't see it (or understand it), but I think it was one of the main reasons I bought a TVR - and that is to work on it...
So - the answer is yes! I would do it again!
Nosh
It felt like finishing day today.....sort of...on all four wheels is a milestone me thinks........
I had done a check of the bolts I had to tighten but I had actually missed one - and only remembered just as I was lowering the car onto the ground with it wheels on (must say the refurb of the wheels looks stunning and the disc almost fills the wheel!)
The nut was on the front offside lower balljoint - which needs 88nm allegedly - so that took some graunching!
I got to see a lot of the wheels as I kept taking the driver side on and off a few times, as I noticed that the steering was way off when I got the car down - and I mean way off!! With the nearside looking balls on straight and the offside pointing off to the right!
Adjusted the track rod end and have the wheels as straight as I can get them (by eye).
Also, tackled the rear suspension again once the front was sorted and adjusted the rear near side wheel a little more centrally in the wheel arch - I remember it looking central before, so I am just trying to get it as close to 'norm' as poss. Cleaned all the copper grease fingerprints off the powdercoat as well
So......next steps will be:-
1) Flush and bleed the entire brake system - hopefully Sunday.
2) Fresh set of eyes looking over the handiwork - check of all that has been done! Again, on Sunday...
3) Install the Steve Edwards front light conversion - hopefully next weekend...
4) MOT the vehicle - (and then on the same day....)
5) Get the 4 wheel alignment / tracking sorted
6) Book in and drive over to the Chim Setup Guru (you know who he is) to get the alignment done properly.....
.......and then hope for a hot Autumn and Winter!
Nosh
I had done a check of the bolts I had to tighten but I had actually missed one - and only remembered just as I was lowering the car onto the ground with it wheels on (must say the refurb of the wheels looks stunning and the disc almost fills the wheel!)
The nut was on the front offside lower balljoint - which needs 88nm allegedly - so that took some graunching!
I got to see a lot of the wheels as I kept taking the driver side on and off a few times, as I noticed that the steering was way off when I got the car down - and I mean way off!! With the nearside looking balls on straight and the offside pointing off to the right!
Adjusted the track rod end and have the wheels as straight as I can get them (by eye).
Also, tackled the rear suspension again once the front was sorted and adjusted the rear near side wheel a little more centrally in the wheel arch - I remember it looking central before, so I am just trying to get it as close to 'norm' as poss. Cleaned all the copper grease fingerprints off the powdercoat as well
So......next steps will be:-
1) Flush and bleed the entire brake system - hopefully Sunday.
2) Fresh set of eyes looking over the handiwork - check of all that has been done!
Again, on Sunday...3) Install the Steve Edwards front light conversion - hopefully next weekend...
4) MOT the vehicle - (and then on the same day....)
5) Get the 4 wheel alignment / tracking sorted
6) Book in and drive over to the Chim Setup Guru (you know who he is) to get the alignment done properly.....
.......and then hope for a hot Autumn and Winter!
Nosh
Alex popped over today and flushed the brake system in no time! Fecking awesome - thanks matey! And the crap that came out was, well, disgusting - as well as enough air to launch a small zeppelin! Brake pedal now rock hard...awesome - great job mate and really appreciate your help and time!
Shame you and my Oculus Rift didn't get on though!
AND........hope you got home safe
Nuts and stuff checked out and Alex's keen eye spotted a few things that need (and needed) sorting - as well as giving me ideas on the next 'sensible' upgrade, which will be PAS as a winter project!
After a clean, she sits proud waiting for the headlamp cowls to be fitted - shiny shiny
Nosh
Shame you and my Oculus Rift didn't get on though!
AND........hope you got home safe
Nuts and stuff checked out and Alex's keen eye spotted a few things that need (and needed) sorting - as well as giving me ideas on the next 'sensible' upgrade, which will be PAS as a winter project!
After a clean, she sits proud waiting for the headlamp cowls to be fitted - shiny shiny
Nosh
Edited by Nosh on Sunday 6th September 16:47
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