Darve's Build Diary

[darve]

the exam will be done tomorrow and I'll be a free man again

Bernie has the correct answer

[Norman Verona]

Wow, a turbocharged roll cage! Whats it rev to?

[SootySport]

Good luck with the exams Dave.

[darve]

woohoo last exam done

got to wait until 31 Aug for results

right - time to move into the garage..........

[darve]

bushes pressed in tonight with the aid of Pete's press - cheers mate

[pete g]

[darve]

I started installing the front wishbones and the instruction manual calls for a little spacer to be used between the wishbone bracket and the headlamp bracket. Doing so make the headlamp bracket sit at an angle. it that correct???

it sits nice and straight without

[Mark (smokey mow)]

Its hard to tell from the photo as its a bit blurry but have you used the right spacer? The ones for the diff cups are very similar, but also slightly different.

[darve]

yeah sorry about the rubbish photo. here's a photo of the spacers next to the diff ones. the diff spacers came in the post today so I'm pretty sure I have the right ones

they look very similar to the ones in this bag of bits if that helps

yours looks straight with bracket and mine is really wonky. I the headlight itself adjustable for angle?

[Mark (smokey mow)]

Theres a good chance it will pull up straight when you do up the wishbone bolt and the pinch bolt on the bracket. Any slight misalignment can be adjusted out in the headlamps.

[darve]

I'll tighten it up and see what happens. if it's still really wonky I guess the spacer can be removed and a shorter bolt used

[darve]

thanks for your help btw

[Mark (smokey mow)]

No worries. The telly's got a bit boring at the moment so i've resorted back to the forum for my evenings entertainment

[darve]

here's it tightened up

and here's with a single washer instead if the spacer.

much better I think?

[Mark (smokey mow)]

I have to agree