Well the good news is it fits!-this is the kit, I was worried the arms looked weedy in the ad but they are 14mm so happy with that!

 

Just a quick measure to set up the arms when fitted,

 

Then took off the old rack,valve,Solenoid etc.

 

The bar fitted,this needed one hole elongated about a mm to fit but that's the only issue I had.

 

Next job was to remove the outer ball joints,this is how I do them,takes 10 mins each.

 

The 'Top-hat' alloy inserts then fitted along with the arms,

Adjusted to the measurements taken and I have a tight arse!:ohmy:

 

So all in all I'm happy with the Quality,fit etc.Time will tell if it's up to the job!

 

Thought I would Waxoyl the sills whilst on the ramp,drilled a couple of holes into the sill,pushed a 5' long pipe down and filled em' LOL!-a couple of grommets to bung the holes and undersealed over!

 

Got home and fitted new injector plugs,what a PITA job!-these are the plugs I used,need a bit of modding but at £3 each was a cheap alternative! and they won't fall off!

 

Tomorrow I fit the new PTU and hope that's the misfire sorted!:sweatdrop:

Not on a zed no

Proberly one of the hardest jobs I've done on a zed. You need loads and loads of heat, most people try it then end up taking the hub off and taking it to the garage.

 

I've known of some presses cannot get them out, and about 2 where they just fall out lol ?

Ohh ok forget any advice I give lol clearly zeds are a big pain to work on all over haha and its a job I gotta do yet too lol :/

No amount of hitting it was shifting this mate, if it was that simple then i would have it fitted by now :)

Hopefully someone could comment on the cutting route as in the pics above and how easy it is to remove after its been cut.

2 posts up:wink:

 

Getting the new one is easy, pop the ball joints in the freezer so the metal contracts as much as possible, then heat the hub up as much as possible so it expands, the the ball joint just taps in easy :)

I had my one done at a garage and yes they had to to take the whole hub assembly off and put it in a press (and that was after cutting the thing as well)... some are lucky some aren't !!

like has been said another one of the difficult jobs.. :)

Well, tried again at removing the ball joints today.

This time I tried the cutting method (like in the pics mantav8 posted), and even then with loads of heat the bloody thing wouldn't budge a bloody mm!!!

Eventually after spending the hole day hitting, heating, cutting, grinding and even drilling, I managed to get one (yes... Just the one!) side out.

Had to bodge the original arm back on for now using the eliminator bush, bolt and some large washers as can't attach properly until the other side and steering rack has been removed.

I did however bypass the hicas bit under the bonnet already so that next weekend I can hopefully finish the job and get all the hicas pipes etc removed and then off to the garage to get the tracking done (so that my new tyres don't get completely ruined)

did tell ya on the phone they could be a pain lol ... keep up the work hope the other one is better for u :)

That you definitely did mate! :lol:

I will definitely get it finished next weekend, although with this working on my car every weekend, I'm not leaving much time for Christmas shopping! (Baa humbug)