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23rd May 2010, 05:33 PM
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Josh, if you are fitting rear discs be careful with how you weld your rear uprights together, if you do them as per the book you will not get them to fit. The drilled plates need to be at an angle so that the brake pipes and handbrake cable don't foul anything. Have a look at my website - www.deepfolly.co.uk - to see what I mean. I was lucky enough to read on here about someone who had encountered the problem before I did mine.
Enoch 
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23rd May 2010, 05:52 PM
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I think he's already come across that problem.
TT
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23rd May 2010, 06:33 PM
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yes unfortunatly I brought my uprights over a year ago from 3GE as per the book design - only just got round to getting the chassis on its wheels. Shame it doesn't mention in the book that it was designed for 15" wheels!
I'll see how I get on with the calipers, I've red that someone managed to get them on by swapping sides and putting them upside down... If I can't make it work then there may be a pair of (useless) uprights going up on eBay 
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23rd May 2010, 08:40 PM
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Only 2 models of sierra ever came on 15's tooo..
TT
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24th May 2010, 09:54 AM
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Josh
No need to scrap them - why not find a local engineering company with a big lathe to machine the plates out and then buy some new ones to weld in. Should be a simple job as you could hold the back of the tube in a 3-jaw and then bore the plate out.Unfortunately my lathe isn't big enough otherwise I would offer to do them for you.
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24th May 2010, 09:59 AM
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I would imagine that by the time you have paid for the setup, enginering time, new plate, etc... your not going to save a vast amount over replacement components.
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24th May 2010, 10:44 AM
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One of the lathes at the school my dad teaches at is probably big enough to take the uprights actually... I'd just be worried about getting it ballenced? That lot swinging round might generate some nasty forces???!
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