Ossian

I just had to look didn't I..........and boy was i dissapointed

In theory the poly bushes were the same, they are a great fit in the frame. It's just when you go to fit the frame it sits 10mm closer to the body. I could have left it as an easy way of reducing ride height :). Decided against it as I didn't want any issues with fouling or with knocking the prop out of alignment.

Nice job, and nice colour. Just refurbed my subframe as well and also found one of the bushes to be shot. It wasnt leaking it was bone dry, so obviously been gone for years. How did you find the driftworks solid bushes for fit. I fitted their polybushes and had to get spacers made to get the subframe height right and then add spacing washers as the internal sleeve's were too short.

And I cant nip out for a drive now anyway, the first thing I did when I got in to night was grab a beer from the fridge and went out and sat in the back garden :)

yeh and supposed to back to normal tomorrow

Could have sworn I answered this last night, was up for it but probably not enough notice for most. Hows about picking a night next week and setting it.

Ok see you at some point tomorrow

I can be over in Glasgow for around 10:30, not an issue. May need to head back mid afternoon though. Do you have a post code for the place?

Do you still want me to pop along on Saturday. If so what time?

lol double trouble then. Easy way out would be to see if Sandy has a couple of rear hubs with good ball joints and change the whole lot over! Have you tried using anything to press it out, do you want to try with the clamp I used?

What side are you doing?

The hard part will be if the driveshaft is tight in the hub, and also the lower ball joint nut is quite tight, the rest is a breeze. You could always remove it complete with the lower arm and the driveshaft, but that would probably make it awkward to operate the press. I changed one years ago in situ with the aid of a big c clamp and big hammer, but can't remember exactly how I did it. Sounds like as well as hoodies we need to organise a meet at yours :)

Whats on at knockhill

Lol dont think we could manage to fit it in tomorrow night, sounds like a meet at your house next week to watch how its done :). Are you changing the ball joints in the hub or is it the steering joints at the rack that are the issue? I can meet up tomorrow if you want, but cant stay long, I need to be in Preston for the back of 9 in the morning so it's an early night for me!. We can put it off to next week if you want and see if more people can manage

Is this a a no go for tomorrow then?

Yes I should be ok for this Saturday...... as long as they dont rob bits from my motor :)

Always worthwhile having a look yourself first though as it could be something really simple.

Just reading through all that, sounds like a good excuse for them to bump the price of the tyres way up

Sorry to hear this Del, I know all to well how much they become part of the family. I dread to think of the time we will have to make a similar decision. I think you've done the right thing and prevented any prolonged suffering the poor thing would have gone through.

No probs, the only times I'll be able to get through now though are Saturdays. What about next week if they havent got it sorted by then?

Someone will have a decent set lying around, as a lot of owners have deleted the hicas systems. Failing that you could probably get a couple of flexi pipes made up.

Yeh Ive been to Knockhill, the dancing girls will be under a layer of thermals and puffa jackets :)

Is there gonna be naked dancing girls

Wow Andy you always strike me as a sensible driver not a track star, have you had the Z tuned ? :)

ok let me know