what have you done to your car today ?

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I've just dug out my 7mm allen key to do this when my snot won't freeze.

How did you do it? I'm planning on putting the car on axle stands, wheels off, compressing the spring, undoing the top bolts, taking the bush and bearing out from underneath, replacing them and then tightening it all up again. I've got a 21mm socket for the top mount I can slide the 7mm through and get an adjustable wrench on the socket to undo it.


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So... wheel off. Axle stand on. Jacked under the hub then undid the bolt at the front of the arb. With the Jack still under there move up top and undo it all. I used a long hex on a ratchet while holding a spark socket still with a spanner.

Once both are undone move down below and slowly let the Jack down, at this point I clamped the spring to get enough space to get the old one out and new one in. Balanced it as best I could then let the spring go. (I wanted to be fiddling about with a compressed spring for as little time as possible) then used the Jack to push it all back up. Aimed the top bolt through the new bush and bearing (can be fiddly)

Got the two nuts back on and tight then lowered the hub enough to re connect the arb. Double checked it all. Wheel on.

I’ve kinda made my own way using bits of three guides on YouTube. I’m not a fan of having springs compressed long I don’t trust it ha.

Half hour a side


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[Sl1ced]

Oh and Thai!! 20mm worked on three of the locking nuts but the last one wouldn’t bite


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[Thai-wronghorse]

Oh and Thai!! 20mm worked on three of the locking nuts but the last one wouldn’t bite


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Time to smash an old 1/2" drive extension bar in the splines then mate.

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[Sl1ced]

Time to smash an old 1/2" drive extension bar in the splines then mate.

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Ah **** I didn’t even think of that


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[MoToJoJo]

Ok, it's not fitting an exhaust or drilling holes for the shifter relocate but it gives me a bit more space to do it.

Btw, in case anyone cares, front doors are 32kg each, rears are 26kg

 

[Rich.T]

What you taken the doors off for?

 

[Thai-wronghorse]

What you taken the doors off for?

Extreme race car mods.

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[Rich.T]

Cold air intake.

 

[MoToJoJo]

What you taken the doors off for?

They're from a spares car, lets me play silly feckers before I do work to the ones on the car

 

[Sl1ced]

What you taken the doors off for?

Windows were stuck


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[Rich.T]

Youre scrapping a yellow one?
Sacrilege!

I wanted yellow but the only one for sale at the time i was looking was out of my budget.
In its defence though, it didn't have sun fade.

 

[Sl1ced]

Youre scrapping a yellow one?
Sacrilege!

I wanted yellow but the only one for sale at the time i was looking was out of my budget.
In its defence though, it didn't have sun fade.

They peel like me on the costa del sol mate


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[MoToJoJo]

To be fair it had died from a wet ECU (who at VAG thought "Yeah, the delicate electronics'll be fine in one of the wettest places of a car"?) so it wasn't long for this world anyway.

It used to belong to someone who frequented this forum many moons ago

 

[Nathan penney]

Ok, it's not fitting an exhaust or drilling holes for the shifter relocate but it gives me a bit more space to do it.

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Btw, in case anyone cares, front doors are 32kg each, rears are 26kg

One way to fit your car in the garage.

 

[smutts]

Arse!
Snapped belt tension damper bracket, so that will be the alternator freewheel seized, again.
On the bright side, fleabay sourced tensioner in a Dayco box arrived containing a nice shiny new Litens tensioner (as used by SEAT) for £22 inc postage.
£20 for a nearly new bosch freewheeled alternator at the scrappy.
Best of all it was in one of those VW seat alhambra thingys, alternator on top of the engine.
No grovelling in wet oily mud & dogsh1t.

When will the Beast from the East 2 bugger off, so I can fit it?

 

[Manic172]

Just sold the old saxo race car. And just been picked up. Bit of a sad moment as I have been racing the car for about 10 years. The car and all the spares now gone. But gives me loads more road in the workshop.

The car was a beast. Was able to chase and beat civic type R at times.

Was able to do 56.2 lap times at Brandshatch

 

[Sl1ced]

Just sold the old saxo race car. And just been picked up. Bit of a sad moment as I have been racing the car for about 10 years. The car and all the spares now gone. But gives me loads more road in the workshop.
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The car was a beast. Was able to chase and beat civic type R at times.
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Was able to do 56.2 lap times at Brandshatch
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That’s sick mate. I wish I had the coin for that


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[Rich.T]

Nimble little cars they are
On a positive note, more money to put into the leon ?

 

[Connor H]

Went for a drive with a buddy and got a bit excited. Went into a corner a bit fast and got brake oversteer good thing i know how to catch the back end lol

Then on the way home had a quick race a with an old Evo, got understeer then oversteer at like 50mph, caught the back end again but kept up with the evo

 

[Rich.T]

Was going to take mine for a wash as its covered in salty crap.
Blocked in so will have to get it done in the week.

So in answer to the original question...... nothing!