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Re: Car

Postby richie13 » Sat Mar 07, 2015 8:02 pm

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Re: Car

Postby richie13 » Fri Apr 03, 2015 10:34 pm

Working on car today all drivers side bushes are replaced now and front wheel bearing done as well just need a new hand brake cable now
All the drivers side under seal as well now just got to bolt back up and put some pictures on soon and then all the passengers side to do
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Re: Car

Postby bstarky1981 » Sat Apr 04, 2015 10:09 am

Doing some good work buddy.
My project so far---- viewtopic.php?f=37&t=33437
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Re: Car

Postby richie13 » Sat Apr 04, 2015 3:56 pm

Car looks good mate God I love eBay the wife got me a hydraulic press for my birthday in March it makes doing bushes a peace of cake
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Re: Car

Postby richie13 » Mon Apr 06, 2015 9:13 pm

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New arm for back of car
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Re: Car

Postby richie13 » Mon Apr 06, 2015 9:15 pm

Birthday present from the wife love it
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Re: Car

Postby richie13 » Mon Apr 06, 2015 9:18 pm

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Re: Car

Postby richie13 » Mon Apr 06, 2015 9:34 pm

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Stated to put suspension back after I have painted it
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Re: Car

Postby richie13 » Sun Apr 26, 2015 9:58 pm

Hi guys
Having trouble removing the passager side front hub nut on my car
I have try using my air socket did not move it at all and then use my torque wrench on nut broke end of wrench
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Re: Car

Postby gwhoo4t » Mon Apr 27, 2015 9:06 am

Long bar with a bit of scaffold tube to extend it to about 4' long has always worked for me.

I've also seen someone put the long bar on a plank just below the height of the drive shaft and then reverse the car a few inches just to get it moving. Not done it myself, but it seemed to work quite well.

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Re: Car

Postby richie13 » Mon Apr 27, 2015 10:47 am

Had the wrench with a scaffold tude until the end of the wrench broke off but give it a go
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Re: Car

Postby gwhoo4t » Mon Apr 27, 2015 2:08 pm

I presume you've given it a good soaking with GT85 or similar?

The other thing is to use the long bar and scaffold tube to exert a lot of force, while a mate clouts the knuckle of the long bar with a manchester micrometer (hammer :wink: ), the shock acting a bit like an impact driver to help release where it's seized.

If you can access a 3/4" drive socket set, you can obviously get a lot more force on that.

I like these kind of challenges. Brute force and igrenance is right up my street :oops:

G'luck :D

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Re: Car

Postby richie13 » Wed May 27, 2015 8:23 pm

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Started to work on passenger side
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Re: Car

Postby richie13 » Wed May 27, 2015 8:28 pm

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Not much work on car because I am building a veggie bed for the wife and make the decking bigger as well
Just want to work on car and finish it
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Re: Car

Postby SiR_chris » Wed May 27, 2015 9:50 pm

Haha I know that feeling!! Wife getting me to work on the garden whilst the motor sits their feeling unloved!
Love the veggie box though!
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