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.Filled the diff with oil, and rear beam and centre mount bolted on.
Rear arms are at the machine shop getting the bearings and hubs pressed in, also having some M6 holes drilled and tapped to fix the disc splash plate, as I didn’t have them already.
Got the brake pipes and brake bias valve fitted on the rear beam, and the Diff bracket bolted onto car. The rear arms are now ready for me to collect with all the hubs ect pressed in and splash guards fitted, should be collecting Monday…
Disc brake lovely-ness.. meant to post this Sunday, but I seem to have been taken out by food poisoning.. family get togethers eh! Anyway after a 14hr sleep I seem to not need a bucket.. anyway, I digress..
Splash guards/discs and carriers working in perfect harmony ?
Only slight hiccup is I must have ordered the ‘upgraded discs’ that need a small spacer between the carrier and arm. Luckily I have lots of that type of thing. Only thing now is the mounting bolts are too short at 20mm, need to be 25mm. Might have to buy some MK4 golf ones @ 30mm and cut them down. If anyone has a part number to a bolt that is the right length to start with, im all ears!
Plus a less sexy but just as important shot of the new studs in the cat converter
ill sort that in a sec.
Things have been moving on.. New brake master, new brake pipes run underneath. Front and mid section of prop fitted, exhaust and cat refitted. Rear beam completely built back up and ready to bolt on! Hopefully Sat or Sun for that job.
Sometimes you just need more length….
Stock MK2 bolts only had about 2-3 threads engagement due to the spacer I used. So had to track down some longer ones of the same thread pitch. Only ones I could find were off a MK4, but they were 3mm too long. Picked up a set of 4 from VW for £4 chopped off 3mm and hey presto!
