Update time - I got a package from Adam at Noath Engineering who kindly made me some light bulbs to my spec... :thumb:
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These are bearing housings for some NMB high misalignment bearings, I debated with Gurds going 5/8th or 3/4" - ultimately decided on 3/4" even if it was over engineered, a Lola T70 uses the same part... which has slicks as wide as my car :lol:
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I then glued the following together:
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And did a little test fit with the drop pins, I'd made these longer than I knew I needed, and had a few pairs done just so I can play with ride heights:
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I then whipped the subframe off, and fabricated two 10mm bridging sections so I could cut the longitudinal tubes on the subframe to give clearance for the tension strut:
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With the wishbones in place and tubes lopped off it looks like this:
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I then bolted it back on the car, and pushed it outside (until it pissed it down):
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I need to do some tweaking on the machined items, one of the bearing houses is more interference fit than i'd like and is binding:
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Also under full droop on lock the castle nut binds on the housing slightly, I need to reduce the effective length of the drop pin by 20mm, so I can fit some additional misalignment spacers and kill two birds with one stone:
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It's also running 12.5' castor at the moment, so I need to dial that back slightly! I'm certain you can have too much of a good thing :chin:
Still, it's on 4 wheels which is a milestone, I don't have steering arms yet, but this means I can get it out the garage as we've moving house in a few weeks
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Cheers
Pete