Bit of a milestone reached today, she's back on all four wheels for the first time in almost four months ! Won't be for long though as I'm going to make a start on the rear tomorrow.
Anyway, here's a few pictures of the process. New bearings and ball joints -
Took them down to my local garage and had those pressed into the hubs -
N/S fitted back to the car -
Same for the O/S -
Popped the wheels and discs back on and rolled her outside into the daylight -
I knocked the knackered outer CV joints off the drive shafts and have pushed those into the drive flanges and nipped up the hub nuts just to keep the bearings together whilst I rolled her about.
Surprising just how little these cars weigh without the engine in. Really noticed it when I tried the wing on, sitting like a monster truck at the front even on the Moto-Build springs.
I had a tidy up/organise of the parts that were lying around, a good sweep round with the broom and then turned her around and pushed her back in ready for me to make a start tomorrow -
Finally, I purchased this little VIS tester machine from a guy over on the ZT & ZTT Owners Club page on Facebook -
Can't say I'm a Hugh fan of the MG Facebook pages for various reasons but it does pay to have a scroll through it from time to time.
I'm seriously impressed with this, it's good to know there are people out there in the MG/Rover scene making things like this to such a good quality for our cars.
I've tested both my VIS motors today and both are dead unfortunately, can I get these refurbished or will I have to replace with new ones ?
Jay.