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myke

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Registered: 7th Feb 01
Location: High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
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2nd Sep 04 at 17:17

thought i was heading in the right direction, making pretty good progress, but i've come unstuck.

the hubs that i had machined for my conversion aren't going to work.
the garage that were pressing them back in warned me that they didn't look right after doing the first one, but i told him to carry on and do the second anyway.

just reassembling bits, and the brakes aren't going back on.
seems they weren't machined down far enough to get the discs central to the caliper.

here's how far off it is, so the caliper hanger wont even go back on.

so that's £80worth of new bearings fucked by the time they come out again, and i'm now going to have to fork out for shafts that go into the corsa hubs, which wont now arrive before trax, so i'm kinda pissed.

1600power

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Registered: 22nd Apr 04
Location: Shropshire Drives: 1.6 16v Sport
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2nd Sep 04 at 17:20

gutted for you m8

J da Silva

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Registered: 10th Apr 03
Location: The FACTory
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2nd Sep 04 at 17:20

well firstly i'd get some steel toe-cap boots on sonny jim!

Mistamist

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Registered: 16th Jul 03
Location: Gillingham, Kent
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2nd Sep 04 at 17:22

have you uprated the disks? if so did you uprate the caliper carrier as well, looks like it lines up but is for smaller disks.

Siberia

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Registered: 9th Oct 03
Location: Leprechaun Land Drives : Zafira GSI
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2nd Sep 04 at 17:25

quote:
Originally posted by VenomTurbo
well firstly i'd get some steel toe-cap boots on sonny jim!

yesh!!!! i had a v6 brake pad fall on my toe when i was doing my brake upgrade.... i lost the nail and all and the thing still hassent grown back right.... EXTREMELY painfull tooo.

myke.... not the end of the world just step back and look at the best way to fix the problem then go back at it.... when is the show on? this weekend? it would be tempting faith to rush it now and not do something right and then have to get towed home....

myke

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Registered: 7th Feb 01
Location: High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
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2nd Sep 04 at 17:30

i have to wear boots all day at work, so there's no way i'd be wearing them at home too when i have the option not to.

one of the calipers fell off of the tie bar while i was underneath onto my head, does this mean i need to wear a hard hat while working on my car

gona need a new pair of bearings anyway, just dunno whether to get the hubs machined back further or buy custom shafts.

Siberia

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Registered: 9th Oct 03
Location: Leprechaun Land Drives : Zafira GSI
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2nd Sep 04 at 17:33

quote:
Originally posted by myke
i have to wear boots all day at work, so there's no way i'd be wearing them at home too when i have the option not to.

one of the calipers fell off of the tie bar while i was underneath onto my head, does this mean i need to wear a hard hat while working on my car

gona need a new pair of bearings anyway, just dunno whether to get the hubs machined back further or buy custom shafts.

would look funny

J da Silva

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Registered: 10th Apr 03
Location: The FACTory
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2nd Sep 04 at 21:38

quote:
Originally posted by myke
i have to wear boots all day at work, so there's no way i'd be wearing them at home too when i have the option not to.

one of the calipers fell off of the tie bar while i was underneath onto my head, does this mean i need to wear a hard hat while working on my car

gona need a new pair of bearings anyway, just dunno whether to get the hubs machined back further or buy custom shafts.

i believe i stated a thing called a 'JOKE' this is a light hearted, unmeaningful statement to be taken in good spirit.

myke

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Registered: 7th Feb 01
Location: High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
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2nd Sep 04 at 21:46

i didn't see one

thought you were jim anyway

J da Silva

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Registered: 10th Apr 03
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2nd Sep 04 at 21:48

i am Jimmy, Jim, Jimbob, Jimbo the jet set

Fad

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Registered: 1st Feb 01
Location: Dartford Kent Drives: 330cd
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2nd Sep 04 at 21:50

gutted for you mater you were making good progress

myke

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Registered: 7th Feb 01
Location: High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
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2nd Sep 04 at 21:50

they're my SteelToe Cortez's anyhow.

myke

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Registered: 7th Feb 01
Location: High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
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2nd Sep 04 at 21:51

cooled off now.
means i wont be in the gsi at trax, but hopefully just a minor setback, and should be all good by the end of next week with any luck.

J da Silva

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Registered: 10th Apr 03
Location: The FACTory
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2nd Sep 04 at 21:51

quote:
Originally posted by myke

they're my SteelToe Cortez's anyhow.

i knew that, i was just testing ya

Ojc

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Registered: 14th Nov 00
Location: Reading: Drives : Clio 197
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4th Sep 04 at 08:14

I farted and it really smells

Anyway, Myke I know how you feel everything was going so well for me and now something on my engine has packed up

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