Nice big juicy update. The rear subframe is now in
We finished the front end so she’s now ready to be bled. Looking so clean up front. We fitted a set of brembo discs with matching pads.
passenger side
we also got some satin black on the front slam panel to tidy it up.
this was a good time to go round and lightly rub down rust spots we spotted. Nice to keep the the chassis strong for many years to come.
We then moved onto the back. We needed to cut the old bearing rings off.
then fit them with the new dust shields onto the arms.
we then fitted the drive shaft and check with the abs sensor. We’ve had issues in the past with aftermarket shafts and rings not lining up with the sensors
then it was onto handbrake cables and shoes.
adjusted to meet the new disc. You’ll also notice we dropped the trailing arm bushes for normal Meyle. The poly bush was too big for the casing.
too wide
rinse repeat on the other side.
then it was final assembly time.
very shortly after this photo she was hanging by her own bolts. We’re waiting on quite a few bolts to arrive so she’s hanging on some of the old rusty bolts.
Then arms and shocks.
old rotten bolts. These control wheel toe so need to be in good health.
wide angle shot.
Pre clean up.
next weekend will be final torque of all the lower bolts. Fitting the prop along with the last mechanical bits.