Saturday, December 8, 2012

Front suspension installed

Major work this week:
Removed and labeled (not in that order of course, Duh) all Al panels affixed to the body when it was shipped.
Took LOTS of pictures as recommended in the build manual.
Installed the front suspension components (pic is of passenger side).  Had to shave all shims for the shock mounts by about 1/32" to make sure they fit.  Torqued all bolts as best as possible as there is no way to torque the top spindle bolt castle nut when the bottom spindle bolt castle nut is on.  Surely there is some magical way to do it but I am not smrat enough to figure it out.
Still can't paint the rear diff as the humidity has been off the charts.  If I didn't care if I had to do it again it would be no problem.  I prefer to do it once and done.
This week will be painting the rear diff and installing the rear suspension components.
Found a couple of minor issues in the build manual but then again if you want to build a kit car you have to plan on some figurin' on your own.

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