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Ah ok, I will give them some time to bed in.
I have noticed once warm the squeal reduces, I have done around 60 -75 miles so far.
I also managed to get an iceberg spoiler!
I'm slightly disappointed with the colour match it seems to have a tad more gold fleck in the paint, I have since...
Sorry for the double/triple post can anyone advise on the above before I remove the brakes again.
Would anyone also be able to help on what shims I would need on the back to bring the camber back?
I was wondering if anyone could advise one the following.
After the brake rebuild I have kept the shims in place could this be causing them to squeal? I have tried re greasing twice now.
Started this morning off bright and early taking the car to get it tracking done.
Here's a before
The garage was pretty impressed considering I've had the front end apart however as you can see it still needs some correcting...
So this is after!
As you can also see the rear now has a...
And she's back together!!!
So happy with the overall work I've done to the car, I have a few more bits yet to do however this little beast is very very mechanically sound!
Just a quick pic of the dirty biatch posing its new stance!
I'll be using the next few nights to bed everything in but...
So I've managed to put the car back together (at last) however upon start up it seems slightly on idle and hesitates when i blip the throttle. Would anyone know what this would be down to? The car has been sat for just over 3 months, could it just need a good run?
Feck it was cold tonight! Managed to bleed the brakes!
I've got to say this bit of kit is brilliant!
I managed to strip down the gearbox mount again for the new casting that is being delivered off tomorrow.
Another weekend spent on the French money pit lol, I moan but I enjoy it really.
Started off by fitting new discs and pads and the freshly painted calipers.
After this I decided to crack on with the upper gearbox and engine mount. During this I drained down the gearbox and gave it some...
Got cracking on tonight doing nicertys.
First of all I sorted out the discoloured patches on the heat shield.
It went from this...
To this....
I then set about cleaning the hub and painting it. I also took the time to get a sponge out and give the arch a bit of clean.
So again it went...
Yes mate they are the Halfords ones.
You'll need the following for the rack bushes
16mm socket
Medium reach extension
13mm ratchet spanner.
A pry bar
2 people ideally
Lots of patience
If I was doing it again I'd use a ramp however I don't have that luxury really so I would leave the rear...