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3 minute(s) of a 357 minute read
10-8-2018
Like the suave, sophisticated gentleman in this video says “The car has legs now”
How did we get to this point? Well, as we discussed in our last post the delrin bushings are wider than the sleeve that goes through them. This sleeve needs to end up slightly proud of the bushings so that it gets clamped in the mounting slots on the subframe and does not move. Then the bushings can rotate on the sleeves. Fortunately the sleeves appear to be the correct length but they were also too tight in the bushings so we relieved them a little:
The bushings are also too thick so we removed some material to make them shorter than the sleeves and also added a chamfer so they would fit in the subframe slots:
Then we had to scour the globe to find ball joints:
Our top mounts that came with the car are held in place by four set screws so we had to get the drill out again:
We were worried that our bearing, spacer and nut combination wouldn’t have enough articulation so we assembled a front strut and put it through its entire range to see if it would be enough. It was, thankfully:
To celebrate this small milestone we threw on a wheel off our 85.
Maybe next update we’ll have figured the actual wheels and tires we will use. Maybe you can help by suggesting a wheel from the BRAID range. https://braidusa.com/collections/wheels
Comments
Great update!
Posted by Diggymart on 10/10/21 @ 10:31:32 PM
Great build
Posted by tmprod on 3/4/21 @ 6:44:07 PM
Thanks for updating Paul! Ill have to check out your new shop soon!
Posted by diyauto on 12/24/20 @ 5:08:37 PM
Anytime.
Posted by team illuminata on 12/24/20 @ 6:34:09 PM
This will be a beast when finished, looking forward to it.
Posted by MPower on 10/12/20 @ 2:15:11 PM
Great build!
Posted by DIYauto_Admin on 9/9/20 @ 12:08:22 AM
Hey hi Sue!
Posted by Diggymart on 2/14/20 @ 4:12:57 PM
Looks like it’s coming together!
Posted by Diggymart on 11/21/19 @ 2:49:00 PM
Those stands look nice!
Posted by diyauto on 11/21/19 @ 2:47:08 PM
Incredible build! Love the photo's
Posted by MoonpieMagic on 11/8/19 @ 8:00:45 AM
Thank goodness for friends carrying precious cargo!
Posted by Diggymart on 10/10/19 @ 11:40:08 PM
Woo! Excited to check this thing out soon :)
Posted by diyauto on 9/13/19 @ 1:37:14 PM
Great teamwork!
Posted by Diggymart on 7/29/19 @ 3:11:58 PM
Great build!
Posted by Diggymart on 1/17/19 @ 7:24:29 PM
Thanks
Posted by team illuminata on 3/4/21 @ 10:30:06 PM
Lookin good. Pride in work and attention to detail
Posted by Cyphercrash on 3/5/23 @ 8:59:32 PM