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Errol62 wrote: Tue Jan 18, 2022 6:14 pm Jeez that were quick

Damn straight - I ordered them this morning around 9 and they were delivered about 1:30

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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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 ????
Fixed it with my trusty hand held milling machine





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Blacky 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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i've fitted probably a dozen sets of dropped stubs never had an issue

Mick wrote:

Blacky 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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i've fitted probably a dozen sets of dropped stubs never had an issue

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…


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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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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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Looking good Blacky - that tie rod end looks to be at a weird angle? Or have you just not tightened yet?


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FJWALLY wrote: Fri Jan 21, 2022 9:13 am
Looking good Blacky - that tie rod end looks to be at a weird angle? Or have you just not tightened yet?


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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

Cool Beans - what brand ball joints do you go with?

Blacky wrote: Fri Jan 21, 2022 10:55 am

FJWALLY wrote: Fri Jan 21, 2022 9:13 am
Looking good Blacky - that tie rod end looks to be at a weird angle? Or have you just not tightened yet?


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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

Whatever they sell at Veales

Blacky wrote: Fri Jan 21, 2022 12:53 am

Mick wrote:

Blacky 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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i've fitted probably a dozen sets of dropped stubs never had an issue

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…


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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" drop

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 so I did my narna and pulled the drop spindle out and they STILL don’t fit must be the offset of the P76 rotors , the caliper hits the inside of the rim, the only thing that clears the caliper is a commodore rim but it hits the top wishbone ….. FML
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


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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