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Post by cul8r on Sept 17, 2012 22:00:11 GMT 12
Finally arrived. Spent far too long removing one bolt from the trailing arm, was over sized and ceased in there.. removed the torque tube brake rotors and calipers, and wire brushed it all up, applied first coat of hammerite on it..
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Post by cul8r on Sept 27, 2012 23:41:22 GMT 12
So been a long time no updates. Got the car running with the help of Pete (Valiant) about 10 months ago, then spent the next 3 nights doing the full exhaust system.. On the friday I'd worked from 7.30 - 5.30 without any meal breaks flat stick at my old job. Decided I'd come home at the end of it and finish off the exhaust. Pete came around at 10.30 just as I was finishing up and convinced me I needed to take the car for a quick run - I was initially against it due to tiredness. Forgetting that way back when I first put the diff it the diff hat had had a small pin hole leak in it, which Zac had tig'd up, but then I'd never filled it with fresh oil afterward, which is fine when it'd only been pushed down the street to Barts or off a trailer into a garage..Diff locked solid about 2km into the test drive, at about 90kph... Pulled the old diff out, and then pulled it to pieces... I would say going by the broken bearings floating about, that the pinion bearing was starved of oil, which then ceased, as a result locked the pinion gear solid, but with the rotational force of the crown wheel, then spat the pinion clean in half and out the bottom of the carrier housing. Wind the clock forward to present... So the ZZ/R PF60 LSD diff arrived from japan through Ewan @ Hayatonka (very helpful and easy to deal with) finally. Got it home, sat for a couple of weeks till I got enthused enough to do something.. Sent away a pile of bolts, brackets etc to be plated by one Mr Greg Topp! Came back and I'd assembled the diff with new bushes, painted it with hammerite, swapped calipers, discs, torque tube, brake lines etc all over. Also took the opportunity while the diff was out to underseal the rear guards completely..
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Post by gordo on Sept 29, 2012 1:52:28 GMT 12
That's a bummer about the dry diff' - glad you got a replacement sorted OK. On the plus side, you've now got spare axles and brake assemblies.
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Post by cul8r on May 16, 2013 22:35:52 GMT 12
Well been kinda busy with the house. Cleaned up the crossmember etc.. Changed a few things on the motor, whilst it was out, I was really disliking the VHT black paint that had flaked off badly. So sent the Headers into be HPC Coated.. Came up rather nicely indeed I think!
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Post by yammies on May 17, 2013 22:07:32 GMT 12
Loving your work man
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Post by cul8r on Jan 10, 2014 18:47:32 GMT 12
So dropped the Chevette into Mr.Mk1 and he repaired the chassis rail/tow point and Valence for me etch primered it up - I just need to paint it. Gave the garage a tidy before putting it back... 2x Spare Twincams, ZZ/R discs, axles, sway bars and misc parts
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Post by cul8r on Apr 24, 2014 23:55:07 GMT 12
2nd gearbox in.. Painfully I had thrown the old one away in disgust and left a few crucial pieces off.. Reverse selector, clutch throwout bearing & carrier. New one now has a proper shortened remote shifter, which should line up with the exsisting hole, and unlike the previous one, should be able to select all the gears lol! Also the output shafts were different, so luckily Ben a fellow twincam lad had a TX driveshaft with the Coarse spline! Motor back in the hole, had it running, but pulled some of it back out as I want to change a couple of things & fix a dripping heater pipe Parked next to my other GM/T Car..
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Post by crazytim on Apr 30, 2014 1:09:17 GMT 12
Looking good Chris
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Post by cul8r on Jun 29, 2014 13:19:37 GMT 12
Well, finally cracked onto doing a driveshaft loop, now there's not exactly much room in the Chevette's trans tunnel, especially once you put a larger gearbox and driveshaft in.. Can see nicks in the paint, it actually isnt rubbing, its from me test fitting 50 times.. Filled the Gearbox with oil, tweaked a few things and then drove it out of the garage for the first time, resulting in this ; Might try take some pics in the light now its on all 4 wheels again..
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Post by cul8r on Jun 29, 2014 18:14:00 GMT 12
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