New cross member section trimmed to fit around the steering column tube...
...and welded in, more welding to go on this later...
...section cut and drilled to fit onto the top of the beam...
...I was very tempted to blast all this in, but you can bet it'd be wrong so I'll wait to get the steering rack before proceeding.
I decided to have a go at straightening the bonnet, I've nothing to lose by trying, these are the main problem areas...
...the bottom of the nose is a little bashed about too, but this should be fairly easy to dolly out...
...I started with some light malleting either side of the centre, and I actually got some good results...
...I worked the other areas too and it looks like I might just be able to save it, so I bare metalled it, "so why the long face? :P"...
...Thursday evening is usually garage time, but I had to go and collect the steering rack and UJ's, 2 1/2 hour round trip, but well worth it...
...this mount needs to go...
...as does this shroud...
...new boots required too.
The rack is too wide and requires shortening, so I need to find the required width, to find that I need to build the front beam back up. The beam I had went to a mate as I don't want adjusters, the beam I have for mock up is shot...
...so I'll use it to figure out how much to cut'n'turn the new beam when I get one...
...this will help a little with the beams structure when I cut the front, and give me something to roll the tube against to keep it true(ish)...
...my nemesis, putting leave back in a beam, so I used my usual trick...
...guide marks for the turn...
...the trailing arms aren't parallel, that makes the suspension progressive as one set of leaves will tighten up before the other, doesn't it?...
...not sure this is low enough yet, but it'll do for now...
...so now I know the steering rack needs narrowing by 196mm. I don't have an M14 die, but I do have an M14 tap, so I'll cut the new track rod down and use the old track rod to sleeve over the top...
...first job, turn the new rod down so it'll go inside the old one...
...I cut a section off the old rod and tap a thread into it...
...I then welded it at the end, drilled and tapped an M6 hole, screwed a bolt through it as a dowel, cut the ends off and welded it in...
...one side done...
...the other side was done using the same process, and both have a right hand thread, no left hand thread required here...
...and I trimmed the shroud down...
:)
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