Front beam rebuild

Shouldn’t that be “Rome wasn’t built in a day & all that Jez”?

 

At least one of thems clean....

 

I think the Romans had better workshop facilities though....

 

And slaves to do the grease monkey stuff for them too. Not daft them Romans.

 

But they did all sit on a communal crapper.....

 

I have a £1000 worth of nitron adjustables on my Lotus, they started leaking after about 3 years and a couple of thousand miles, Nitron weren't interested, just offered a £90 per corner rebuild cost.

 

Jolly poor show I say.

 

Bit more dismantling under the van today so I can drop the old beam
Starting to wonder what the hell I'm doing and how on earth I'll remember how to put it all back together

 

It's only four bolts ...

 

And they're already lost

 

Class . Use cable ties - much quicker.

All I can remember from my beam-wrestling is that they have a deep desire to roll over on their backs when you're least expecting it...

 

Whats the deal with ball joints on the torsion arms, steering drag link etc, is it possible to tell if they need replacing? Or replace anyway because it's convenient?

 

The rottenest part of my beam
Managed to yank this off .....

 

Drag link should be easy to test with a bit of levering, main ball joints more difficult.

 

Hmm maybe I should replace them and be done with it, I've no idea on the history of mine

 

Not an easy job unless you've got the kit. Folk do sell exchange ones - not sure how good they are.

 

Seen a few how to's for DIY,.....doable

However I need to check pricing for an exchange set , Id seen prices of £120 but that's from a while back, the only price I've found so far is £240

DIY would cost about £100 buying the balljoints and the press tool wotsit

 

Aha found in Bentley magazine how to check the ball joint, just need to buy a Vernier gauge now.

 

Everything stripped, moved or removed ready for old beam to drop, bolts out, and it's going nowhere
Squirted some plusgas behind the endplates and left it till tomorrow

 

It'll drop off in the night