Front suspension bracing

Post by **foggyjames** » 16 Jan 2006 09:10 pm

Was Mick just owning up to his car being an inferior shed?!

cheers

James

Post by **redline** » 16 Jan 2006 11:58 pm

No the GLE isnt bad at all lol

Post by **340GLT** » 19 Jan 2006 01:05 am

I decided that the cups werent up to much on the doner bits i bought and i know the ones on the car are on there way out so i rang up volvo to see if they are available and they are but are really expensive for what they are £60 the pair but i can justify spending that as finding gud doner ones is a real PITA anyway piccies!!!
Cheers Adam
Oh i now have all bits prepared ready to bolt back together then bolt back onto the car!!!

Look no rust!!!

Post by **classicswede** » 19 Jan 2006 09:26 pm

What I have done in the past is weld a washer in to sort out the corroision.

Post by **340GLT** » 19 Jan 2006 11:25 pm

Yeh i found some washers and was going to do that but the rust was so bad the welder was pulling it out and doing shit welds so i figure this way it will be solid!!!
Cheers Adam

Post by **340GLT** » 30 Jan 2006 12:40 am

Right been busy this weekend getting the front end together and fitting all the poly bushes. All parts have been replaced or reconned, all bolts are new. Job isnt too bad but goes a hell of a lot slower when you break one of the main bolts off flush with the chassis legs!!!!

So it had to be drilled and rethreaded.
Am pleased with the result though. Well worth upgrading to the poly bushes guys!! As soon as i drove out of the garage i could tell a change, the back is a bit more happy now though as the front is much much tighter.
The strengthening seems to work too abnd i am more than happy with the results!!! Just the shocks and springs themselves to do now!!!
Ever since the ice incident the pass wishbone has been bent and from the pics you can see the full extent of the damage and i must admit the paly in the bushes is mad and quite scary actually side to side movement was 2-3"s!!!!
Anyways pics
Cheers Adam

Oval hole?????

Dents????

You can see the uneven tension on the bushes here!!!

Bent wishbone!!

Comparing arch spacing

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Post by **petefarrell360** » 30 Jan 2006 01:10 am

Top job that man and Dai has certainly done an excellent job developing these parts. I really should look at doing the 360 one day, but it felt sooo much better than my old 360 to drive due to the lower mileage that I haven't worried yet.
Pete

Post by **Ronnie** » 30 Jan 2006 01:22 am

either I need a bigger monitor, or Adam has to resize his pics a bit more...

Right, I'm off to PC world then

Post by **PIMP** » 30 Jan 2006 02:11 am

very nice work there guys!!!

looks like ive got some catching up to do!!!

Post by **340GLT** » 30 Jan 2006 10:58 am

PIMP wrote:very nice work there guys!!!

looks like ive got some catching up to do!!!

Yeh well a coilover front setup should suffice!!!!!

Cheers Adam

Post by **SteveP** » 30 Jan 2006 11:05 am

Nice work Adam, looks very impressive! Must get a ride in your car sometime! A couple of us thought it was going like stink at the meet.

Post by MJ » 30 Jan 2006 02:26 pm

Indeed, when we were following you back in the fog that 1.4 did a mighty good job, and when you picked me up from the station I was very impressed

Post by **petefarrell360** » 30 Jan 2006 05:36 pm

I've not had much experience of the 1.4 until recently, but I must say that thing shifted! Remember the surprised and annoyed car following us that morning you picked me up Adam going to Stondon? They were trying hard to keep up as well!
Pete

Post by **foggyjames** » 30 Jan 2006 08:11 pm

Adam kindly helped me pull another 531 yesterday, and we took the mean machine to the scrap yard. It's amazingly tight now considering the springs and shocks are both stock and old!

I definitely have some work to do there...

cheers

James

Post by **classicswede** » 30 Jan 2006 08:50 pm

The crossmember looks good in the flesh after a good coat of paint.

All that is needed now is a set of springs and shocks