Red Rattler Revamp
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Jeez that were quick
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Re: Red Rattler Revamp
Damn straight - I ordered them this morning around 9 and they were delivered about 1:30
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Got a couple of little jobs knocked over tonight, one of our club members was having trouble with selecting gears in his FB so I went over for a look , found some adjustment issues and some flogged out selector rods and linkages on the gearbox so I took them off , bought them home and gave them a birthday
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Re: Red Rattler Revamp
Did a bit on the rattler and the VS as well , the drop spindles I have had for years are finally making their way onto a car, but of course they don’t fit ![Image](http://emoji.tapatalk-cdn.com/emoji35.png)
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I shouldn’t be surprised I guess …. What kind of a moron designs a spindle with 2 mounting positions but only one of them can be used ????![Image](http://emoji.tapatalk-cdn.com/emoji35.png)
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I shouldn’t be surprised I guess …. What kind of a moron designs a spindle with 2 mounting positions but only one of them can be used ????
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Fixed it with my trusty hand held milling machine
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Re: Red Rattler Revamp
i've fitted probably a dozen sets of dropped stubs never had an issueBlacky wrote: ↑Thu Jan 20, 2022 12:43 am Did a bit on the rattler and the VS as well , the drop spindles I have had for years are finally making their way onto a car, but of course they don’t fit
I shouldn’t be surprised I guess …. What kind of a moron designs a spindle with 2 mounting positions but only one of them can be used ????
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Re: Red Rattler Revamp
You must have had the steering arms on the bottom hole every time, or HQ short arms are a different shape to all the other ones…Mick wrote:i've fitted probably a dozen sets of dropped stubs never had an issueBlacky wrote: ↑Thu Jan 20, 2022 12:43 am Did a bit on the rattler and the VS as well , the drop spindles I have had for years are finally making their way onto a car, but of course they don’t fit
I shouldn’t be surprised I guess …. What kind of a moron designs a spindle with 2 mounting positions but only one of them can be used ????
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Got the front end pretty much all buttoned up , just waiting on a couple of bits - lower ball joints and brake pads . Painted the steering arms and caliper brackets and finished off the sway bar links.
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Re: Red Rattler Revamp
Looking good Blacky - that tie rod end looks to be at a weird angle? Or have you just not tightened yet?Blacky wrote:
Got the front end pretty much all buttoned up , just waiting on a couple of bits - lower ball joints and brake pads . Painted the steering arms and caliper brackets and finished off the sway bar links.
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Just mocked up mate, so I could get the sway bar link rod length close - waiting on bottom ball joints so the wishbone has to come back off
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Re: Red Rattler Revamp
Cool Beans - what brand ball joints do you go with?
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Whatever they sell at Veales
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Re: Red Rattler Revamp
not sure, i do know that they are a bigger drop than 2" when used on a car that should be 13" wheels, i asked Rod about it once he didn't know there was a height difference between 13" and 14" stubs and said the 2" drop is based off a 14" stub so when replacing a 13" stub it's nearly a 3" dropBlacky wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 12:53 amYou must have had the steering arms on the bottom hole every time, or HQ short arms are a different shape to all the other ones…Mick wrote:i've fitted probably a dozen sets of dropped stubs never had an issueBlacky wrote: ↑Thu Jan 20, 2022 12:43 am Did a bit on the rattler and the VS as well , the drop spindles I have had for years are finally making their way onto a car, but of course they don’t fit
I shouldn’t be surprised I guess …. What kind of a moron designs a spindle with 2 mounting positions but only one of them can be used ????
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Re: Red Rattler Revamp
Got the ball joints in yesterday, finished off the sway bar links , refitted all the front end stuff apart from shocks because I don’t have any
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After al this time I finally got the front end together and out of the 17495 wheels I have in the shed not one of the bastards fit
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I ordered a pair of rims from BCI , hopefully they will fit
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Handbrake cable rocked up today , and of course it didn’t fit either ![Image](http://emoji.tapatalk-cdn.com/emoji849.png)
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The ends wouldn’t fit through the tubes into the rear drums , had to linish them up until they did , hopefully they don’t break….
Underneath is getting pretty close , brake hoses , clutch and fuel line and that ought to be about it
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The ends wouldn’t fit through the tubes into the rear drums , had to linish them up until they did , hopefully they don’t break….
Underneath is getting pretty close , brake hoses , clutch and fuel line and that ought to be about it
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