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Old 21st November 2009, 07:23 PM
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Default worst build day ever!!!

I nearly lost it today & for the first time during this build i was thinking of just throwing in the towel . I finaly had a day off to work on my roadster today & was making the wishbones & wishbone jigs ,I started with the front lower ones & made the jig exactly as in the book & am using the same dimensions of pipes ..... but when i measure the wishbones length i get 439 intead of 442 the length of the pipes are 390 not 395 like in the book & so i waisted an hour or so kicking & shouting at the walls & then decided the hell with it i can live with it AND THEN i got started on the rear lower wishbones & to make the story short I made the jig to the drawing on page 65 & right away saw that there was a problem it was 10mm too short AND THEN I lost it again but after reading the text on that page I saw that the drawing & the text had different measurments (the drawing says 465mm& the text says 475mm)& its the same story on page 67 . Anyway it is done now & I hope that at least the lengths of the wishbones are correct. My book is the reprinted july 2008 copy.
Just thought it would be fun to share my day with you all & give the heads up to anyone making or going to make there wishbones.
Cheers
Samy
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