29 November 2020
Domestic activities took priority for most of the weekend so only a few hours in the garage. I had a final look over the control arms and subframes and piled them up ready to go to the powder coaters. Then I started cleaning up the front knuckles and hubs, first though I needed to get the ABS sensor out, the securing bolt of which had snapped of when I tried to remove it. Drilled out the remains of the broken bolt but that didn't help. So I used a combination of heat, a cold chisel, hammer and drill to get it out. My technique was to heat the back up with a gas torch for a few minutes then pulled off the rubber cover. Then gradually remove it bit by bit. Then I gave one of the hubs a wash in my parts cleaner then went over it with a variety of wire brushes in my drill. Only had time to get the ABS sensor out of the second hub and didn't have time to start cleaning that up. I bought some wheels at the weekend. The wheels are not the right colour (they are black) but they are brand new and cost me less than £200 for all 4 wheels. They should be straightforward to paint the colour I want, I could probably get them powder coated and still save money on a set of the Wellers.
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