26-11-2021, 02:22 PM
(This post was last modified: 26-11-2021, 02:25 PM by Hedd_Jones.)
It has been bleeding cold in North Shropshire as of late, and having been busy at weekends with unseasonal and unexpected steamy adventures, I've not felt like being on my back upside down in the unheated garage to finish off the axle fitment after the new rear springs any evening. So it hasn't got done.
However a long day on Wednesday, means I could take some to time out of the working day today to finish it off.
Did up the rear propshaft connection to the pinion flange.
Crawled underneath to fit the torque tube fixings, oddly figured out the 8 sided nut isnt actually standard 'whit' size, even with all the burrs removed. So courtesy of the angle grinder I modified a spanner to fit. Then did all this up plastering it all in copperslip.
Then found a carden block ARGH. So undid and redid the propshaft rear end again.....
Went for a spin to B&M to find some lunch too.
Some wiring connections to make, paint touch up to the chassis and the interior to refit now. No need to go out into the cold to do any of that. will check the spring and torque tube tightness again after a few miles also. Not done up any of the tab washers yet.
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However a long day on Wednesday, means I could take some to time out of the working day today to finish it off.
Did up the rear propshaft connection to the pinion flange.
Crawled underneath to fit the torque tube fixings, oddly figured out the 8 sided nut isnt actually standard 'whit' size, even with all the burrs removed. So courtesy of the angle grinder I modified a spanner to fit. Then did all this up plastering it all in copperslip.
Then found a carden block ARGH. So undid and redid the propshaft rear end again.....
Went for a spin to B&M to find some lunch too.
Some wiring connections to make, paint touch up to the chassis and the interior to refit now. No need to go out into the cold to do any of that. will check the spring and torque tube tightness again after a few miles also. Not done up any of the tab washers yet.