The trailing arm replacement saga continues.......... After something of a delay - the impossible to remove spindle nut, the discovery that said spindle had been "finessed" in the past and was best replaced, the issues around "the brexit-deal-that-isn't that added delays (and customs charges) to the parts, and a slower pace of work as June is recovering from her second hip replacement(!) - the car is back together, sort of! The alignment was "fun" as working out how many and which thickness shims I needed to add or remove was tricky - a lot of time spent with a calculator, not to mention the initial set-up of lines etc - but I eventually have it pretty much right, I reckon. Oh and I discovered that the new shim set may well, in theory, be enough for a car, but in practice, you may well need a few more of certain sizes than the kit supplies! Thankfully, most of my old shims cleaned up quite well, as I had to use a couple!
Now I just have the Sword of Damocles that is the brake bleeding to do - hopefully tomorrow, when we will find if the ridiculously tiny bleed screws are seized!
With warm and sunny weather forecast for the forthcoming weekend I'd like to think we can finish the work and get the old car out of its slumber!
. I had mine made up to order from Competition Supplies at Silverstone Circuit using race spec hose and fittings with a 500 psi rated working pressure and 3000 psi burst pressure .
