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CSF done and dusted.
Started with a 6 Hour journey to get to Anglesey which was awful. Heavy traffic with paddle clutch, bosch 044 fuel pump whine, side exit exhaust drone and ds1.11 pads squealing under light braking does not make a relaxed drive. Only fun part of the journey was the tunnels on the A55 for exhaust noise.
En route and a stop to rest the ears from the fuel pump noise.
Papped adding bit of spicey Vp racing octanium to the tank at Bangor.
In total done around 570 mile round trip, with several full send sessions on track. No real issues to report, performed excellent. The clio dci steering rack, overhauled brakes witt ds1.11 pads and fresh Ar1 worked very well. Could do plenty of hot laps back to back on wastegate boost pressure of 12psi, coolant temps mid to high 80s max and oil temps around 100deg.
With the weather spitting rain a little early am i opted to get straight out and have as much seat time as possible and went through almost a tank of fuel and front ns tyre took a bit of a beating to suit.
2.7deg negative camber and outer edge still wearing a bit.
Garage queen.
Return journey from Anglesey was much better on the Sunday and a clean run thankfully.
On return i give it a post trackday inspection, jack up and once over to see if any casualties, as its going to Retro Rides gathering this coming weekend at Mallory Park and its booked in for sprint laps.
All looks pretty good when inspected - no play in any suspension components and no oil leaks which is pretty unbelievable.
Post trackday checks.
Noted brakes have been very hot and started melting the paint on the front wheels and paint flaked off the rear drums! Did not have any fade issues at all though and pedal feel/brake power stayed consistent throughout.
Brake pedal travel was a little bit long before biting as noted before setting off to Anglesey but not excessive. The pedal was solid so knew that it needed the drums adjusting.
Quick adjustment.
The paint on the drums has flaked off and heat checks are visible on the drums, it looks like the rears have been super hot. Not the first time however as seen it in the past..needs a disc upgrade really but cant add width on the rear so drums it is!
Drums de lipped with flapper wheel and heat checks visible.
Super easy job usually (he says). Bearing on o/s splits on removal, inner race of bearing separates. This is not uncommon, looks dry so regrease and refit. Retorque the hub nut and the bearing makes a click following with a good 3mm of play. It was the original snr bearing and looked like it had seen better days so i guess its time was up.
Anyway continue on with n/s and the bearing has chucked all its grease out and not too clever so its 2x rear bearings.
Max loading on ns rear on fast corners and bearing no likey after a few trackdays.
Ring up the local motorfactors and they have 1x bearing on the shelf and order another in. 1x apec and 1x napa. Both chinese bearings but dont have time to get snr from autodoc so will do for now.
Had a spare couple of hours this afternoon so proceeded to swap bearings. A simple hour job for both.
O/s first, goes well and old bearing pressed out of drum and new apec bearing in.
20ton press in corner of garage comes in handy.
Refitted drum, torqued and checked no play and wheel back on. Repeat on n/s using napa bearing, all goes well removing and refitting, fits bearing to drum and torque to spec and it has 2mm play! I remove and refit and nothing untoward - bearing spacer is present. Remove bearing with press and mic it up and its identical to old one size wise.
Go down the motorfactors assuming its a duff bearing. They swap it for an apec bearing to match other side as have replenished stock.
Press new bearing in and refit. Slight play when torqued to spec, hardly nothing and mot pass acceptable but not good enough.
I strip it down again to check, clean up stub axle etc. Refit and torque, same amount of play. Torqued hub nut up a little tighter and all play is gone. Spins freely so all is good, well itll do for now until i get a decent branded pair of bearings.
took the Extra van.
