Sorry about linking to another forum - I know it’s a pain and it puts people off - but the threads are pretty long and picture heavy, so I’d rather not fill this thread up, but if you have any questions or comments, fire away and I’ll answer them in here.
My daily driver, it’s a tiny little 1.4 engine but has a shedload of shiny parts made for it:
Well, spent the weeking fabricating the new front mudguard mounts, made new steering tie-rods, and stripped the steering rack.
Rack had loads of play in it and no provision for any adjustment for wear and tear, so I had to sand the whole case down by hand with wet + dry paper, until it got back to a nice, tight sliding fit again, then bond tiny strips of 0.25mm thick shim steel to the rack bar to bring it back into proper engagement with the pinion, and then make some more tiny strips of shims to give the appropriate clearance back on the casing, as well as changing all the support bearings.
It involved lots of swearing.
And it’s a good job the firm that make the rack have gone bust so I can’t go over the pond and kick them square in the nuts.
