i picked up my parts from seat friday
new cv boots, front brake lines, nuts, bolts, bearings, top mounts for my suspension and for when my bushes arrive
so yesterday first job was the cv boots getting the first cv joint of took a while cause i couldnt really get enough leverage to give it a good whack (i done them while still on the car) but i finally got it of and dissembled it to give it a good clean. now reassembling it took my about 45 minuets i couldnt figure out how to get the cage back in :embarrest: the second 1 didnt take me long to do
then i did the brake lines this didnt take long
then i started on the suspension first i dissembled 1 of the shocks just to check whether it had used an aluminum spacer. then i assembled the front coilovers and wound up the first 1 to the highest setting and ping i wound it to far i tried winding it back but it started to thread. so i had to disassemble it again. but this time i used the disassembled 1 as a guide to set the height of the other 1. then used that 1 to set the hight of the other 1 (hope that makes sense?)
then i went to fit them but they had a larger diameter than the standard shock so i had to stretch the holes (father inlaw to the rescue again he had bought me pincers so i could do my cv boots earlier this time he bought me a chisel) luckily the rest of the front went on without a hitch
then my phone died so no more pics
the rear shocks and springs came of no trouble and the new ones went on with no problems either:bigsmile:
then i had to mess about with the rear discs they have started to pit so i had to get rid of the excess rust then wheels back on had a tidy up
by this time its 8oclock so i called it a day i had been doing it for 9 hrs
a few questions now
i have got to bleed my brakes today now when bleeding do you start with the furthest from the master cylinder or the abs unit? also when bleeding does the clutch have a bleed nipple or it done just through the brakes?
should i drop the suspension? taking into account im on standard droplinks and the springs need bedding in
or should i wait until i have adjustable drop links and the springs are bedded?
also what is the max tolerance you can have between the shocks eg at the front at the moment 1 side is 370mm from the wing to the center of the wheel the other side is 360mm so there is 10mm difference
new cv boots, front brake lines, nuts, bolts, bearings, top mounts for my suspension and for when my bushes arrive
so yesterday first job was the cv boots getting the first cv joint of took a while cause i couldnt really get enough leverage to give it a good whack (i done them while still on the car) but i finally got it of and dissembled it to give it a good clean. now reassembling it took my about 45 minuets i couldnt figure out how to get the cage back in :embarrest: the second 1 didnt take me long to do
then i did the brake lines this didnt take long
then i started on the suspension first i dissembled 1 of the shocks just to check whether it had used an aluminum spacer. then i assembled the front coilovers and wound up the first 1 to the highest setting and ping i wound it to far i tried winding it back but it started to thread. so i had to disassemble it again. but this time i used the disassembled 1 as a guide to set the height of the other 1. then used that 1 to set the hight of the other 1 (hope that makes sense?)
then i went to fit them but they had a larger diameter than the standard shock so i had to stretch the holes (father inlaw to the rescue again he had bought me pincers so i could do my cv boots earlier this time he bought me a chisel) luckily the rest of the front went on without a hitch
then my phone died so no more picsthe rear shocks and springs came of no trouble and the new ones went on with no problems either:bigsmile:
then i had to mess about with the rear discs they have started to pit so i had to get rid of the excess rust then wheels back on had a tidy up
by this time its 8oclock so i called it a day i had been doing it for 9 hrs
a few questions now
i have got to bleed my brakes today now when bleeding do you start with the furthest from the master cylinder or the abs unit? also when bleeding does the clutch have a bleed nipple or it done just through the brakes?
should i drop the suspension? taking into account im on standard droplinks and the springs need bedding in
or should i wait until i have adjustable drop links and the springs are bedded?
also what is the max tolerance you can have between the shocks eg at the front at the moment 1 side is 370mm from the wing to the center of the wheel the other side is 360mm so there is 10mm difference
