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Hi all,
My FB wagon has been my daily driver for years up until a few months ago. Now I am riding a motorbike to work most days of the week. But she is still out and about 1 or two days of the week. I see a few EKs around Hobart but very seldom have I ever seen another FB.

Troy

Hi Guys,
Just fitted a 3.55 diff to my FB wagon and have finally removed the source of vibration and noise I have had for 10 odd years.

During the process I found that the two manuals I have differ in the axle seals they describe and I wanted to clarify the difference.
One describes a bearing with ...

Hi all, Anyone got any advice on fitting electronic points to a grey or can point me to a thread that already covers it?
Cheers

Yeh got it and PM'd you back.

You're right Rosco, I was just looking at the Front Suspension section.
That seems a bit of a coincidence doesn't it, that the maximum turning angle would be 36.5 degrees and the turning circle would be 36.5 feet.

Thanks though,

Troy

Another thing to check is the extension housing bush.
The vibration in my tailshaft got so bad that it ended up knocking the bush out of the extension housing. Then it got real bad :(
Once I got past 55mph it would centre itself through centrifugal force and go quiet, but as soon as I slowed down ...

Hi Karsten,

Have PM'd you.
My Dad is just around the corner from you and will give you a call.
Let me know if he doesn't and I will bring mine up weekend after this (24th).

Troy

Hi Karsten,

My old man is in Laidley and may have another one in his tool box. He gave me one a few years back (ex-mechanic), which I am happy to send off if you pay for the postage costs. I just emailed him to go have a look, so he may send you an email if he does.

If you are not in a hurry then ...

Just an update to those who have given me some guidance.

Dropped drag link off idler and pitman arms to try and see whether there was anything preventing maximum turning angle. Everything looks fine. Full movement of steering knuckle on kingpins and of steering wheel/pitman arm and idler arm ...

Here are the results from the wheel alignment and a couple of photos from the rear. Very difficult to photograph under a car :x

Left from rear
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj139/troy_fb/Leftfromfront.jpg

Right from rear
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj139/troy_fb/RightfromRear.jpg ...

You are both right I guess, it's just that I had left this job to last and my 'car money' has run out.

Where is the best place to go for aftermarket seatbelts then?

Is Klippan the brand I should look out for or are there other brands that will fit with the reel clearing the side of the bench seat ...

While looking though manual, I saw that the maximum turning angle is 36.5 <b>degrees</b>. Possibly this is what you were thinking about Rosco when you said 36.5 feet turning circle.

If anyone with standard front end is able to go do a doughnut on a bit of dirt/sand and measure their turning circle ...

Same turning circle both left and right which seems to eliminate pitman arm not being centred and idler arm on too far and running out of thread one way.

Will investigate further.

Hi all,

Can anyone tell me what the earliest holden retractable seat belts are that will fit in the FB front and that will clear the side of the front seat. I am under instructions to replace the current ones which are a bit hows-ya-father to make it safer for the family.

I need to go off to the ...