Visit to the darkside

Big lumps of metals and spanners. Including servicing and fluids.

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Plasticman
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Visit to the darkside

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Well needs must
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it belongs to a good mate of mine and as hes all into paint not spanners i m doing this as a favour,plus its a change from welding though i still manage to get the cutter and torch out :lol:
the problem ... click img for video
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it really does make it a sloppy drive
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past repair
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so cutting
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and welding
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coating
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and the new bearing and carrier fitted
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rest tonight
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Re: Visit to the darkside

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he should notice a massive improvement there I reckon
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busbuddy
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Re: Visit to the darkside

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just ditch all that rubbish and do a single cable, a bracket under the floor to hold the outer cable and run the cable straight to the rear...makes the pedal much more responsive
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Plasticman
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Re: Visit to the darkside

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Well prob right there but not my van and thats what he wants so thats what he gets,
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and the biz end
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and now a short vid showing the difference, ive added a line to the shaft to show rotational movement click on picky,the computer literate would add click me to the pick , beyond my ability im afraid
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the boots are not over the spherical bearings as ive to check adjusments without getting clagged up with it...
this end is 'as was',cable is only temp held in a connector before i terminate it whaen its set correct
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its posh in here :lol:
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ive just rebuilt the steering box on this one so it will be a revelation from half a turn of slack and a floating throttle
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