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Stacker Member Since: 04 May 2016 Location: Theale, Reading Posts: 479 |
Just have a look through RAVE, a bit late as i've already but one side back together but just wondered if there was anything I missed!
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26th Oct 2016 9:20pm |
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Haylands Member Since: 04 Mar 2014 Location: East Yorkshire Posts: 7929 |
There is a small amount of suspension adjustment in the strut top mountings, the mark is if you are reusing the strut, to get it back how it was, always worth getting the geometry adjusted after strut replacement to ensure everything is OK, the amount of adjustment at the top of the strut is so small it's negligible and will probably be within specifications no matter where it is...
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26th Oct 2016 9:42pm |
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Stacker Member Since: 04 May 2016 Location: Theale, Reading Posts: 479 |
Thats good, makes me feel slightly better about life. If I remember correctly I did position the nuts in the same position as before as you could see on the turret where they previously were!
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26th Oct 2016 9:51pm |
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miggit Member Since: 12 Jul 2014 Location: Milton Keynes Posts: 3657 |
The washer is a spacer, not a washer... and I'd be inclined to reuse the old one Yesterday I couldn't spell Engineer... Today I are one!
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26th Oct 2016 11:16pm |
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Haylands Member Since: 04 Mar 2014 Location: East Yorkshire Posts: 7929 |
You only have to torque up bolts on bushes that will be in a different position relative to their mounting when the car is on it's wheels, so no none of the strut bolts need doing on the ground....
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27th Oct 2016 12:32am |
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Stacker Member Since: 04 May 2016 Location: Theale, Reading Posts: 479 |
Brilliant cheers guys next job 18mm spanner! |
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27th Oct 2016 5:10am |
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miggit Member Since: 12 Jul 2014 Location: Milton Keynes Posts: 3657 |
^^ How annoying is that? The world came up with ISO standards for thread sizes and head sizes.. then the bloody Japanese started fitting the next size down head to the thread... like a 14mm headed M10 and then Mercedes and BMW decided to have a go and came up with 16 and 18 mm bolt heads and the 7mm thread
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27th Oct 2016 10:12am |
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Stacker Member Since: 04 May 2016 Location: Theale, Reading Posts: 479 |
That's a true story there!
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27th Oct 2016 11:26am |
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Haylands Member Since: 04 Mar 2014 Location: East Yorkshire Posts: 7929 |
Try Sunday markets for things like breaker bars and prybars and anything else that is just a big lump of metal, as long as the tool doesn't have to do much it's not worth buying a branded one for home DIY use... Pete
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27th Oct 2016 5:15pm |
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Stacker Member Since: 04 May 2016 Location: Theale, Reading Posts: 479 |
Good plan, except I work 7 days a week!
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27th Oct 2016 5:24pm |
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miggit Member Since: 12 Jul 2014 Location: Milton Keynes Posts: 3657 |
I got one of these the other year....
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27th Oct 2016 5:27pm |
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Stacker Member Since: 04 May 2016 Location: Theale, Reading Posts: 479 |
Miggit, now that's a plan!
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27th Oct 2016 6:43pm |
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Haylands Member Since: 04 Mar 2014 Location: East Yorkshire Posts: 7929 |
I used an HGV windy gun and snapped the bolts clean off... Pete
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27th Oct 2016 7:00pm |
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berkshirelad Member Since: 06 Apr 2016 Location: Newbury Posts: 265 |
750! You can swing the whole car around with that amount of leverage,,, |
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27th Oct 2016 7:13pm |
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Stacker Member Since: 04 May 2016 Location: Theale, Reading Posts: 479 |
Hay lands, that's one way of doing it 😂 |
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27th Oct 2016 7:55pm |
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