No worries Chris all sorted now and I'm not blaming you for any of it, to be honest the worst thing was the amount of play in the tie rod ends, one side was completely shot with tonnes of play in it, I just accepted the vague steering as I thought it was supposed to be like that, and knew you'd had it looked over so thought it would be good.
Nearly back together now, subframe is back on, rh caliper fitted with new brake lines. Opposite side waiting to go on and then bleed brakes.
Bit annoyed at myself when fitting the subframe mounts, I didn't think the oem bolt heads would clear the subframe so I cut them down about half height so they were no longer proud, then noticed after I'd pretty much stripped the heads tightening them, that the sunframe has cut outs to tighten them after its all fitted up. Saw red and retired back to the house after that.
There's also a conduit with some wiring that mounts between the ARB and subframe that I can't seem to fit now, don't know wether it's just because the ARB has moved or I should have fitted it first, but I'm sure I took it off before the ARB so it should go on. Did you experience this macspring?
Pass side tie rod has been out, cleaned up, greased and new rod end fitted, will need the tracking doing properly when it gets MOTd but I measured everything before hand and put it back as close I could.
Once the suspension is back together I'm going to drop it on its wheels to look at height and clearance for the exhaust. The downpipe is waaay to long and sits below the gearbox currently, so needs a couple of inches taking out of the height before I start the rest of it. Sounds ace with just the downpipe though haha.
All seats are out at the minute too, looking for a leather set but might just have a go at repairing the bolster some time and give them a good wash.
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Nearly back together now, subframe is back on, rh caliper fitted with new brake lines. Opposite side waiting to go on and then bleed brakes.
Bit annoyed at myself when fitting the subframe mounts, I didn't think the oem bolt heads would clear the subframe so I cut them down about half height so they were no longer proud, then noticed after I'd pretty much stripped the heads tightening them, that the sunframe has cut outs to tighten them after its all fitted up. Saw red and retired back to the house after that.
There's also a conduit with some wiring that mounts between the ARB and subframe that I can't seem to fit now, don't know wether it's just because the ARB has moved or I should have fitted it first, but I'm sure I took it off before the ARB so it should go on. Did you experience this macspring?
Pass side tie rod has been out, cleaned up, greased and new rod end fitted, will need the tracking doing properly when it gets MOTd but I measured everything before hand and put it back as close I could.
Once the suspension is back together I'm going to drop it on its wheels to look at height and clearance for the exhaust. The downpipe is waaay to long and sits below the gearbox currently, so needs a couple of inches taking out of the height before I start the rest of it. Sounds ace with just the downpipe though haha.
All seats are out at the minute too, looking for a leather set but might just have a go at repairing the bolster some time and give them a good wash.
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