Friday 15 June 2012

Ahah! - opened all the bolt bags !

I'm planning to go to the Newark Kit Car Show (provided the weather isnt so bad as to make the journey dangerous) , so also decided to check the bolts issue and make sure I pickup the right ones from GBS.

Issues at this point:


  1. Rear suspension 240mm bolt was bent
  2. Rear suspension top hub bolt too short 80 & 90mm in the bag, needs 2x 100mm instead

Actions:

I checked through all the remaining bolt bags, front upper/lower etc & the front lower bag had 2x 100mm bolts which don't appear to be needed. 

Addendum:
I found out from Richard @ Newark, the 100mm bolts are for the narrow body chassis (mine is GT) where the top wishbone bolt goes through a chassis upright as well as its bracket - great - this means I can use them on the rear end and will not miss them later.

So - the 2x 100mm will be used for the rear top bolt... compare the lower bolt here with the previous picture using a 90mm bolt

Before:

After:

Then the 80 & 90mm bolts from the rear top bag can be used on the front top - the rear brackets need an 80mm bolt rather than 75mm - the 75mm was probably just ok, but I'm much happier with it now:



Resulting need list:


  1. 1x Rear suspension 240mm bolt replacement
  2. Swap the 90mm for an 80mm
  3. 2x Front Sierra hub pinch bolts (the ones that pinch the casting around the cycle wing bracket) Sierra pinch bolts discussion M12

I do just have a niggling feeling those 100mm bolts from the front lower wishbone bag were meant for something else - I'll check with GBS tomorrow.

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