I then decided I would put a coat of Hammerite Stone Chip (with waxoyl) on the underside of the car. From there I moved onto putting the two cycle wings on. Finally I tackled the cross threaded rear brake unit.
A question was put on Blatchat about bump steer. Having had a look at my steering rack it appears I have the spacers as part of the brackets.
The oil breather bottle and bracket arrived late which I was not that bothered about until I came to fit it. Once you have put the coolant overflow, radiator and pipework in place, it is quite hard to drill the frame and fix the bracket.
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The first cycle wing took a while as I checked, checked and checked again before I drilled the wing and stays. After I had finished it was pretty quick to do the others. After drilling the stays I did paint in the holes and on the stays to prevent rust. As there will be a lot of spray here it makes sense not to have a freshly drilled hole in steel.
Spent a good hour marking up what was tourqed etc.
The wiring is a very tight fit. Hopefully I have enough heat shrink, tape and grommits in to pass the IVA
A few weeks ago I thought I had stripped the brass connection. Caterham said they would fix it during the post build check. To be honest with some of the posts about PBC costs I didn't want to wait and get a shock charge. Derek kindly sent me a new brass connection. However when I stripped it apart tonight I found it was the flexible hose thread that was knackered. I too a small file to the thread and fixed the connection. Interestingly if you use a flat washer and anti shake washer then the brass connection meets the nut and does not fully pinch up. Hence I removed the flat washer. I hope that is right.
Andy,
ReplyDeleteA great post as usual. I just wanted to poui t out that you need to drill a 20mm hole I'm the breather tube and use one of ythe breather elbows to put the breather pipe through according to Derek.