When you painted the fuel filler area, did you check the inside/backside as it's probably rusty as well.
That's where the worst of my rust was, it had tracked under the underseal to the point it had caused a tiny hole up high in the archyea I gave it a rub down with the emery cloth, and treated it for rust 👍
Got the rear axle back on the car today, together with the rear Bilstein Shocks and springs:
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Now the rear Axle is in, It was time to get the brakes fitted. Rear Axle first:
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Then finished off the front Axle, fitting the DS2500 brake pads:
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Did you paint the calipers? Car is going to be stunning.
@Big_Steve_T did you have any problems aligning the rear beam brackets? I've heard there is a fair amount of play in the bolt holes or did you take reference measurements prior to removal?
Was there much front to back movement?Hi @DomP182 ,
Interesting you ask that question, I measured the positions bushes in the rear beam accurately before I removed them, and gave the accurate dimensions to the garage who pressed the new bushes in for reference.
When it came to fitting the rear beam back onto the car, I did all of the nuts up until there was only 2/3mm of movement and found that I couldn’t move the beam left to right across the car, but found I could move it from front to back. So I just pushed the beam towards the FRONT of the car in the centre to equalise any tolerance that might be present (and hopefully stop the beam going on skewed...
At the end of the day it’s a mass produced super mini with a bigger engine, so I don’t think it’s worth getting too hung up on it, no doubt Claude didn’t when he put it on at the factory... 😆
Was there much front to back movement?
Theres me worrying about aligning it all back up, I should be more concerned about the rust around the brackets.
Whaaaaaaat none standard caliper colour, unforgivable.... Unsubscribed
Looks like you’ve got a fueling issue.
That should say how DID you clean out the corrosion in the deep recesses!@Big_Steve_T when you were doing the underside restoration how solid you clean the corrosion out in the deep recesses by the rear spring mounts?
That should say how DID you clean out the corrosion in the deep recesses!
I'm coating the cleaned up areas in hydrate 80.
I'm using a knotted wheel in a grinder but some of the rust glazes over after a whileI scraped all round the area until I got to solid non rusty metal, then coated it with my chosen rust converter, then zinc primer, then underseal 👍
I'm using a knotted wheel in a grinder but some of the rust glazes over after a while
I’ll be working thru the steps to try and understand the issue now in coming days..
Janspeed @Big_Steve_T best fitting exhaust
Massive congratulations on hearing it fire up Steve. Huge achievement hearing that. Well done.