Sierra rear wheel bearing housings, how easy to make?

[mr henderson]

Originally Posted by Bonzo

It my prove cost effective to have a small batch of castings made !!
A fair bit of money could be saved if you can provide them with the casting patterns, this is where a good deal of the initial outlay is spent.

I expect I could probably knock something up without too much difficulty. I hadn't thought of having the castings made, but it's obvious when you think about it.

I think probably the next step is to find out what size bearings my donor would require, then design something around them. I would need to consult whoever was going to do the machining, find out how much extra material they would need onthe pattern to allow for machining the resulting casting to finished size.

[HandyAndy]

Originally Posted by mr henderson

I expect I could probably knock something up without too much difficulty.

i did that 20yrs ago, the result is now at uni & costing me a fortune

sorry, i couldn,t resist, please forgive me, had a tough weekend.

i,ll get my coat

andy

[Bonzo]

This is quite a cool thread

So nice to have a place to bounce ideas about & a little humour never hurts

Yes, the bearing size required would be a great starting point.

It's no good, I am going to have to kick my Nephews ass to get his finger out & produce some more advanced drawings.

Best complete the Roadster first though

I bet at least the Audi's wiring is colour coded. Unlike the Citroen !!?? Yellow, Green, Brown & Blue.
All bundled up loose & chucked behind the dash

[flyerncle]

The coloured sleeves at each end (faded ) were the key to Frog wiring.
VAG is more civilised.
Leave CAN BUS and multiplex well alone.
Early Bosch EFI wiring was all black with the smallest numbers on each wire you have ever seen in your life.