plan B ish, 58 nash rambler project

half shafts arrived today with no duties to pay, result.
also i checked the other pair of calipers and they fit the brackets spot on, 2nd result. the only other thing was the caliper wasn't centred on the disc so we made spacer rings to sandwich between the spindle and caliper bracket. it now sits and rotates nice an smoothly. 1st pic you can see the turned down sleeve inside the bearing spacer and the 2nd shows it all mocked up together.
neil.
https://www.rodsnsods.co.uk/attachme...26-jpg.644362/
https://www.rodsnsods.co.uk/attachme...24-jpg.644363/

Looking good Neil, couple of good results there. [emoji106]

Cheers Tim W

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[QUOTE=mygasser;622827][COLOR=#000000]half shafts arrived today with no duties to pay, result.
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Good that happened, i never got the chance to post when you first mentioned getting them from Rock Auto. I've had plenty of stuff from them and if you buy and pay in pounds, the freight and duty are normally included in the price your 'flexible friend' is charged.

yeah i have rock auto site set to display in pounds not dollars. another tip is i usually use paypal and if it's a larger amount paypal do pay in 3 with no interest too. on ebay paypal can do 'paypal credit' which works much like old bank loans where you choose the time you want to pay (up to 24 months) and a fixed amount of interest is added so there are however many payments at xxx amount per month. i bought a supra gearbox when i was skint some time back and the £550 cost was only about £600 with the interest. helpful if you see a part you don't need yet but won't see that cheap any time soon again.
neil.

after moving the old lathe today i had a chat with ash about where we're at with the front brake mockup. i mentioned the last job would be redrilling the hubs to ford pcd as they're chevy. then as i said it i glanced at the other tube axle stood against the wall that is for ashley's zephyr. that's ford pcd. his front slot mags were vw 4 stud so have been welded up ready to drill to 5 stud. i said if i drill your wheels to chevy you can have these hubs and i'll have those that are ford. a bonus for him is the chevy ones are drilled and grooved and shiny, the ford ones are plain discs and surface rusty which i'm not worried about, lol. so no hub drilling for me now, result.
with a bit of lateral thinking most things can be achieved simply or cheaply and sometimes both.
neil.

Glad you got those results Neil.
See you at the Supernats in it then.

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Glad you got those results Neil.
See you at the Supernats in it then.

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it'd be nice ian, worst way the hot rod drags mate. i don't care if any of the underpinnings are painted, it'll match the patina on the body. :thumbs_up_smiley:
neil.

today we dissassembled both front hubs and ashley's axle. we cleaned the surface rust from the discs with a twist knot cup wheel on the grinder, vicious things they are. odd wires fly out and dig in you, even through clothes. anyway the hub swap was straightforward except the inner seals were about 5mm different inner diameter but they swapped over easy enough. next again the surface rust was cleaned from the axle bosses so the new kingpins slid in nicely with their thrust bearings and shims as required. the hubs are now on the spindles and that's where we are to date.
neil.
https://www.rodsnsods.co.uk/attachme...27-jpg.644388/
https://www.rodsnsods.co.uk/attachme...16-jpg.644389/

Looking good Neil, well tidy. [emoji106]

Cheers Tim W

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cheers Tim, it's good to be getting on with it :thumbs_up_smiley:
neil.

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cheers Tim, it's good to be getting on with it [emoji106]_smiley:
neil.

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I bet mate. [emoji106]

Cheers Tim W

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Nice set up.

G

Neil,

Try using the polystrip discs for cleaning up the discs, they work better and dont injure you ;)

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Neil,

Try using the polystrip discs for cleaning up the discs, they work better and dont injure you ;)

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good idea but..... that'd mean spending money, lol. if it was any more than just surface rust i'd have cleaned them in the lathe.
neil.

ashley's axle came complete with all the steering arms etc whereas mine is pieced together from parts. so although we could've used the pair available and sorted ash's later it made sense to do them now. we sorted a lump of 1/2" plate and drew around them before cutting them out with slitting discs and a drill for the corners and roundy bits. clamped together we ground them the same before drilling them again clamped together. lastly they needed nice tight 90 degree bends which isn't possible with either my folder or the hot spanner. so we cut 1/2 way through, bent them in the vice then welded the corners back out to the same thickness. another grind up and some primer and gloss black and they're ready to fit.
neil.

https://www.rodsnsods.co.uk/attachme...25-jpg.644422/
https://www.rodsnsods.co.uk/attachme...29-jpg.644421/

Sweet [emoji106]

Cheers Tim W

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we got all the hodge podge of parts together today, well we did after some relieving of the new steering arms to clear the caliper brackets anyway. then with the box of rod ends, nuts, bolts, washers and top hat spacers from rally design found we made a track rod. the paint's drying on that now. lastly we cleaned the threads in the hairpins and screwed rod ends into them before bolting them to the axle too. it'll soon be time to offer it all up under the front of the car.....
neil.

Excellent progress!
I like the way you're not phased by making your own steering arms.

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Excellent progress!
I like the way you're not phased by making your own steering arms.

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it's only metal Ian and thanks :thumbs_up_smiley:
neil.

today after checking the inner wing/chassis area we decided to make a bit more room. there was no way the big block would fit between the bulges of the inner wings where the upper wishbones bolted up.
so........ before and after, lol.
neil.
https://www.rodsnsods.co.uk/attachme...26-jpg.644432/
https://www.rodsnsods.co.uk/attachme...18-jpg.644433/