Car was all ready for its 4 wheel alignment this morning then its MOT would be at 3:30

 

But its developed a really annoying screech and a smell of burning rubber and i've no idea what it is !

 

I've checked round the full car and although the camber is completely off aswell as the tracking none

of the tyres are rubbing anywhere and i'm now at a loss what to do.

 

I'm missed my slot for the 4 wheel alignment and i'll miss the MOT today as it likelt wont pass with bad alighment.

 

So my trip to JAE this year might be at a loss too:angry:

Oh dear, I can give you Daz's number if you like and you can arrange something together this weekend :biggrin:

lol,

 

Thanks for the offer but I'm away up in Troon which is in the west coast of Scotland !

 

Oh dear, I can give you Daz's number if you like and you can arrange something together this weekend :biggrin:

That's a killermate! I'm not bothered about you, but you have my ticket!!!

 

Only kidding, hope you get it sorted! I'll give you a bell when I finish work.

I've took an emergancy day off today and just about to jack the car up and double check all the bolts.

 

Might even swap wheels back to the 18's just to be sure its not the wheels untill the 4 wheel alighment is done.

 

next issue is cant get an alignment untill thursday so fairly sure we wont be there for setup this year.

 

 

 

That's a killermate! I'm not bothered about you, but you have my ticket!!!

 

Only kidding, hope you get it sorted! I'll give you a bell when I finish work.

Is the noise and smell of rubber when the engine is running whilst stationary? if so most likely a seized air con belt pulley, if so easiest way around is to cut the belt, or if you have time replace the pulley, you can check it by releasing the tension and slip the (belt off from below) then the pulley bearing can be felt.

 

Jeff TT

Hi Jeff,

 

Noise only happens on the road and not stationary and when stationary and looking at the belts all of them are moving !

 

I'm thinking this has to do with the new driftworks parts so i have just called them direct for help.

Well didn't i say i was JINXED !!

 

After having issues with my front wheels and the noise i decides to call driftworks and sent them an email picture of my setup.

 

Cleverly they spot the issue straight away and it turns out when fitting the new front and rear lower arms i never used the wee

tappered colar that apparently comes off the old oem arm - well nobody bloody told me did they !

 

Good news was the old arms were still lying out the back for the fronts.

 

Bad news is i chucked the back wishbones away over a month ago.

 

Good news was a couple of excellent members namely SandyZ and Jim was at hand to help me out with some breaker parts.

 

Very bad news was on my way to glasgow up the M77 there was a very bad crash no more than a 1/4 mile and it involved the

car crashing through the central reservation and smacking into another going the opposite way.

 

Well i thought at the time how bad can this get - 2 hours later i'm wishing i never thought that.

 

Secondly stuck in a one way queue going no where i get a call from work saying the full of troon town had a power cut and that

what should they do about turning all the servers off - at this point they had less than 5 minutes before the big betteries ran out.

 

Nowt i can do i told them as i told them about the situation.

 

So now i'm back at work doing system checks to make sure nothing was damaged and getting everything to go for the morning shift.

 

Who said i was jinxed.

 

lol

OMG!! Its just typical!! problems right before JAE , I hope you get them all sorted mate, I`m still struggling too, glad yours is nearly there though :)

Not you night Lee:sad: Hope you have better luck tomorrow mate.

Just not going right for u yesterday lee.

 

Come through anytime that suits you today ånd get what you need to get u back on the road to jae

Well second attempt was today and i made it all the way to see Jim!

 

Found what i needed and with the help oh him we used a torch to cut at the bits required.

 

Got back just before 8pm tonight and set about the zed with a torch and some spanners with very succesfull results.

 

Only managed to work on the fronts tonight but i believe the backs are strong enough to get me through the mot then

tomorrow after work i can again insert the bits needed on the rear hubs.

 

In the end these two wee buggers below were the cause of all my troubles :

 

 

Just not going right for u yesterday lee.

 

Come through anytime that suits you today ånd get what you need to get u back on the road to jae

good, ånd thanks to big jim for the use of his burning gear

Exactly !

 

The cutting torch worked and I'll be fitting the parts tomorrow although they

are slightly damaged.

 

Luckily not enough to be in usable so they will do for now !

good, ånd thanks to big jim for the use of his burning gear

Glad your making progress mate good luck with the mot:clover:

Thank f basically!! Been looking forward to this all year, and wouldn't be the same without! By the way, my Kettering mates want us to go out sat night, is that ok with you?

Just dropped the zed in for its mot, fingers crossed !

Just dropped the zed in for its mot, fingers crossed !

 

Good luck, your cutting it close :)

PASSED !!!

 

no advisories !

 

 

Just dropped the zed in for its mot, fingers crossed !

PASSED !!!

 

no advisories !

 

well done, happy days.

PASSED !!!

 

no advisories !

 

Back o the net :biggrin:

 

See you at JAE then :yes:

Woooshh !!

 

Back o the net :biggrin:

 

See you at JAE then :yes:

:thumbup1: Good news

And now TAXED too !

 

Just need 4 wheel alignment as the backend gets more action when sliding in and out than the ladies standing at the corner of sauchie hall street in glasgow !

 

:thumbup1: Good news

Hurry up bud so you can join me for tomorrow lol

Booked in for a 4 wheel alignment tomorrow morning, packing my stuff tonight so i'm ready

 

but its an 8 hour drive so wont get there till very late and that doesn't leave much time to setup our tents at night.

 

depending when it gets complete and i get a move on tomorrow, meeting up with bruce at preston and if its too

late i'll just stay the night there and make an early start on friday morning.

 

what time does the camp shut for entry ?

 

Hurry up bud so you can join me for tomorrow lol