Hello but I'm not building a Haynes roadster, quite

[Bonzo]

Originally Posted by twinturbo

I am headding down to Par Sands for my Hols in May...

TT

Cool Less than 3 miles from my place .... Feel free to swing by

Bet it's May bank holiday .... I'll be up at Stoneleigh on the Sunday & Monday

[Davey]

Got the ball joints today but they only sent one tranny drag link (still sounds wrong), minor mistake in the ordering so they're sending another one tomorrow. Interestingly the thread on the drag link is different to that specified in the book. Book says M18X1.5mm while this one is M20X1.5mm. Not a huge problem as I can bore out the tubes and retap them easily enough. Anybody else ecountered this or did I just get "lucky"?

bush tubes and bushes didn't arrive today so I've been tinkering along with the suspension bracket positioning. As mine is not built to the book the positions are somewhat different so its taking a bit of trial and error to work it all out. I also discovered that the Granada steering rack is a fairly high ration at 2.8 turns lock to lock but of course it does include PAS .
D.

[Davey]

Had a good afternoon, job in this AM then had to go bleed for my fellow countrymen at 5.30pm so only half a day to play . anyway the bush tubes and bushes arrived today so I've started fab'ing up the 'bones. Following the book design where possible but the dimensions are different due to me rebuilding a different chassis and using Granada running gear. anyway got the rear lower 'bones done this afternoon, got a small job in tomorrow morning so hoping to make the rear upper 'bones tomorrow afternoon then do a trial fit before I weld up the 'bone mountings to the chassis. Cutting the tubes for the 'bones is fun isn't it?

D.

[HandyAndy]

Originally Posted by Davey

Cutting the tubes for the 'bones is fun isn't it?

D.

I always thought the same, UNTIL Spud showed me a way to do it that takes a few minutes per cut,

tho i admit, the more you do the easier it gets , done lots lately

a little tip.......don,t "think" how the mitre should look like when its finished before you start, as that puzzles the thought process, well it does with me

cheers
andy

[Davey]

Cheers dude, done lots of tube mitreing(SP) in the past but its always been big stuff and cut with a gas axe believe it or not. This small bore thin stuff is tricky

D.

[Davey]

Well its been an up and down sort of week for me, work has been quiet but that's nothing new just before a major show (Boat caravan and outdoor show next week at NEC) as many people are hoping to pick up a bargain there. Bought suspension mounting brackets from Rogue engineering via Ebay and they arrived on Tuesday then ordered bush tubes and bush kit from 3GE which arrived on Thursday (Cheers Jon ) and finally got round to setting out the rear wishbones yesterday. Fab'd up the bottom wishbones yesterday and made the top ones today. I'm really building up a dislike for this thin walled small bore tube mitreing(SP?) game, (give me 2 metre dia 19mm wall tube and a gas axe any day) although I am getting better with every cut.

Anyway here's a phone photo of the finished (who am I kidding ) rear end.

D.

My own website will be updates with more detail and photos tomorrow.

[HandyAndy]

some nice progress there Davey, looking good

ah.... the fishmouths eh???

easy peasey .....tho i,ve only ever done them on the tubes for the Roadster

cheers
andy