I am off of school for a week for Thanksgiving and just started a small project of replacing the brakes and cleaning up the suspension.
This thread probably wont be very exciting. Just sayin'
The list of things to do this week includes:
-Grind down faulty drop hats so they dont rub anymore
-Clean strut tubes and brake heat shields
-POR15 the drop hats (will prevent rust where I grind them down), strut tubes, heat shields, and the area inside the strut tower that has been rubbed not so nicely by the drop hats, and any other misc hardware that I decide needs some love
-Rebuild brake calipers
-Paint brake calipers
-New E-brake cables, brake hoses, pads, rotors and front wheel bearings
Tuesday:
I am not officially on my break yet but I will start anyways.
I removed the struts, front brake calipers and front brake lines from the car and applied a fat bead of JB weld to the bottom of the strut tube (as if to make a generous fillet) where the strut presses into the steering knuckle. This should help avoid stress concentrations in that area and reinforce it. Im not expecting it to perform miracles in preventing what happened to danny's car but its not going to hurt anything and it's quick, easy, and safer than welding and heating the metal.
The wheel bearings definitely dont roll nicely. The pass. side bearing groans on corners and the drivers side bearing sounds a little squeaky on the freeway between walls.
Here are some "Before" pictures:
This is the inside of the strut tower where the drop hats are rubbing (when making sharp right turns)
The portion of the drop hats rubbing is from approx. 4 o'-clock to 6 o'-clock in this picture, this is what needs to be ground down a bit:
That is all for today. I need to rent a spring compressor tomorrow and get everything cleaned up nice.
oh, and this little buddy does a fine job at removing balljoints! It is deserving of a micro-thumbs up:
This thread probably wont be very exciting. Just sayin'
The list of things to do this week includes:
-Grind down faulty drop hats so they dont rub anymore
-Clean strut tubes and brake heat shields
-POR15 the drop hats (will prevent rust where I grind them down), strut tubes, heat shields, and the area inside the strut tower that has been rubbed not so nicely by the drop hats, and any other misc hardware that I decide needs some love
-Rebuild brake calipers
-Paint brake calipers
-New E-brake cables, brake hoses, pads, rotors and front wheel bearings
Tuesday:
I am not officially on my break yet but I will start anyways.
I removed the struts, front brake calipers and front brake lines from the car and applied a fat bead of JB weld to the bottom of the strut tube (as if to make a generous fillet) where the strut presses into the steering knuckle. This should help avoid stress concentrations in that area and reinforce it. Im not expecting it to perform miracles in preventing what happened to danny's car but its not going to hurt anything and it's quick, easy, and safer than welding and heating the metal.
The wheel bearings definitely dont roll nicely. The pass. side bearing groans on corners and the drivers side bearing sounds a little squeaky on the freeway between walls.
Here are some "Before" pictures:
This is the inside of the strut tower where the drop hats are rubbing (when making sharp right turns)
The portion of the drop hats rubbing is from approx. 4 o'-clock to 6 o'-clock in this picture, this is what needs to be ground down a bit:
That is all for today. I need to rent a spring compressor tomorrow and get everything cleaned up nice.
oh, and this little buddy does a fine job at removing balljoints! It is deserving of a micro-thumbs up:
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