Tonight I started to assemble the upper control arm.
Biggest problem was getting the cross shaft nuts threaded in again. But after cleaning up and gentle progress, it all came together.
Followed by wrestling the bump stop rubbers on as well.
It feels really good fitting new parts on all the wear and tear areas of the truck. Ball joints as well today.
Before fitting them, I realised the nuts and bolts on the cross member were the wrong way around. So I checked with Martin and Paul NevEno and it turns out t makes no difference, but my truck started out differently to what it was rebuilt like.
Paul's chassis cross member
Brandon's chassis cross member.
My trucks bolts before I tore it apart.
Once I had turned all the bolts around the way I believe they were meant to be, I fitted the upper control arm.
Now, if you can cast back your minds to my drivers side LCA that I removed and replaced a while back........
Look at the amount of shims on the drivers side...... I trust that when it comes to getting the tracking etc set up, some of these will be removed.
Passenger side, a bit better.
So all in, I am happy tonight.
Came in at about 8.30 and Nicola was making one of my favourites....... Chicken Quesadillas.
Old girl Tabitha was helping too, demanding her fair share of the chicken as usual.
Was speaking to Martin and Paul more recently about where to place the filler neck on my relocated fuel tank, outside door or inside the load bed.
Watch this space [ ]
That's all for today.