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Got home this arvo and back into the ute, finished the sway bar installation



Then tried the HR steering gear conversion- no good it hit the sump when approaching full lock so off it came again , went to adjust the slop in the steering in the original steering gear and found available tooling to be unacceptable so chopped up one of the tool world’s most useless inventions, the 11 mm socket , into something actually usable albeit only once or twice every 2 years….


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And here’s a picture- cut the end off a chisel and welded it into a. 11 mm socket to use it as an early Holden drag link tensioner - perfect for tweaking up sloppy drag links





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Not long after I bought the FB sedan, I took it for a run up to Tamworth, and Dad ran his eyes over it. The drag link was sloppy too. He pulled a piece of steel out of his toolbox, tightened it and smiled. That bit of steel was specifically for early Holden drag links, and had probably sat unused in his toolbox for 30 years.

Cheers,
Harv

Got a very important job knocked over - new THUGGS


Wheel alignment sorted, rocker set, refill the steering box and radiator flush left to go then load up and boogaloo


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Stanthorpe is chilly mate, best you bring a pair of socks to compliment those new treads !
Greg

EK283 wrote: Wed May 20, 2026 10:56 pm Stanthorpe is chilly mate, best you bring a pair of socks to compliment those new treads !
Greg

Socks and thuggs ? That would look silly