**Breaking** 418.5bhp (Parts list pg24) Joe's (GT3071R) Ibiza Cupra R
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No one has it yet so ha you'll have to wait...
What a day today, worst nightmare probably becoming true, the rear beam mounting points on the drivers side seem to have been shunted. Whoever previously hit that corner must of done some serious damage
. So after trying to get the drivers side rear bolt through the bush and into the mounting points me and a couple of mates decided it was definitely bent since the other side goes straight through. We double checked this by putting the bolt through the mounting point and looking at it's angle from underneath the bolt was as wonky as anything. The old bush must of been worn enough to allow the bolt to go through but these polys are just too stiff.
There only seemed to be one solution for this, to make the hole out the outer mounting point bigger, then some how make it smaller again once the bolt was through to stop play in the rear axle.
Pictures to show what I mean
All seemed so well
As you can see, about 3mm out, could not move this enough, even with a crowbar and two of us pulling
Wonky bolt
Larger hole made in outer mounting point
Nice thick washer used to stop play - I levered the beam back as much as possible before tightening the nut up to make sure it was as close to OEM position as possible
Bit of welding
Nut on the end
More welding
Finally - had to do it in sections as we didn't want the bush getting too hot and melting/ catching fire
What a day today, worst nightmare probably becoming true, the rear beam mounting points on the drivers side seem to have been shunted. Whoever previously hit that corner must of done some serious damage
. So after trying to get the drivers side rear bolt through the bush and into the mounting points me and a couple of mates decided it was definitely bent since the other side goes straight through. We double checked this by putting the bolt through the mounting point and looking at it's angle from underneath the bolt was as wonky as anything. The old bush must of been worn enough to allow the bolt to go through but these polys are just too stiff.There only seemed to be one solution for this, to make the hole out the outer mounting point bigger, then some how make it smaller again once the bolt was through to stop play in the rear axle.
Pictures to show what I mean
All seemed so well
As you can see, about 3mm out, could not move this enough, even with a crowbar and two of us pulling
Wonky bolt
Larger hole made in outer mounting point
Nice thick washer used to stop play - I levered the beam back as much as possible before tightening the nut up to make sure it was as close to OEM position as possible
Bit of welding
Nut on the end
More welding
Finally - had to do it in sections as we didn't want the bush getting too hot and melting/ catching fire
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Don't think I have an up-to-date picture of the engine bay so
Decided to start the top mounting of gear shifter today
Fixed from underneath
Before cleaning up
Ready for a lick of paint
Decided to start the top mounting of gear shifter today
Fixed from underneath
Before cleaning up
Ready for a lick of paint
Cheers Phil
Need to rethink the actuator bracket again as I'm not planning on using my rocker cover I currently have for much longer.
Need to rethink the actuator bracket again as I'm not planning on using my rocker cover I currently have for much longer.
Whipped the shifter box back off again for a paint
Whilst the paint was out I refurbed my centre caps as these are now discontinued and I couldn't get an replacements
Before
Sand back with P180 then some 400 or so to make it smooth for paint
Paint them up
Sand back with some 320
The SEAT logo is slightly convexed so when sanding down the whole thing it reveals sooner than the rest, it's not perfect but a lot better so I the lacquered it
Today I needed to make a hole in the bulkhead in order to run the gear linkages through, killed two hole cutters so I ended up chain drilling the hole out....
Does anyone else have the issue of when engaging reverse gear, with their top mounted gear shifter, that your hand get's in the way because of the radio facia?
Whilst the paint was out I refurbed my centre caps as these are now discontinued and I couldn't get an replacements
Before
Sand back with P180 then some 400 or so to make it smooth for paint
Paint them up
Sand back with some 320
The SEAT logo is slightly convexed so when sanding down the whole thing it reveals sooner than the rest, it's not perfect but a lot better so I the lacquered it
Today I needed to make a hole in the bulkhead in order to run the gear linkages through, killed two hole cutters so I ended up chain drilling the hole out....
Does anyone else have the issue of when engaging reverse gear, with their top mounted gear shifter, that your hand get's in the way because of the radio facia?
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The gear knob doesn't it's about as far back as I can mount it my hand does if it's over the top of it...? Have you got a picture of yours to compare Berg?
antony-lcr
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The centre caps look the same as Lcr ones? If thats the case I got some the other week from tps
I don't think they are, they're an odd size IIRC hence why I couldn't find any.
Whipped the shifter box back off again for a paint
Whilst the paint was out I refurbed my centre caps as these are now discontinued and I couldn't get an replacements
Before
Sand back with P180 then some 400 or so to make it smooth for paint
Paint them up
Sand back with some 320
The SEAT logo is slightly convexed so when sanding down the whole thing it reveals sooner than the rest, it's not perfect but a lot better so I the lacquered it
Today I needed to make a hole in the bulkhead in order to run the gear linkages through, killed two hole cutters so I ended up chain drilling the hole out....
Does anyone else have the issue of when engaging reverse gear, with their top mounted gear shifter, that your hand get's in the way because of the radio facia?
nope
mines been fine for years and years
B&M shifter on mine
Might have to invest in one of these, everything about my shifter apart from where it's mounted is standard.
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