Errol,
I'm in Sydney. Brakes can pull hard left and then right depending on the
time of day, so i will need to fix these before the better half gets in it
again.:)I am also looking to fit bump steer spacers as i tend to drive like
i'm drunk, the car is quite low.
Simon
>From: "Errol Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: lower control arms (long)
>Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 23:41:35 +1000
>
>Simon,
>I assume you have altered the front end fairly dramatically. Usually the
>fix is to grind some of the offending part, but only on an off
>road/race/rally car etc!. It is not good practice to grind parts of your
>suspension components on a road car and may also be illegal!. The minimum
>disc diameter is 10mm from memory? (open to correction on this point). If
>you are so cash strapped, I would tend to assume that you would run the
>disc for a bit until you got a suitable replacement! If you have trouble
>with brakes pulling to the left or right, change the discs and pads
>immediately for safety sake!!!! Where are you Simon as I may be able to
>find some free bits for you?
>Cheers
>Feral Errol
>
>
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>From: simon waterhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: lower control arms (long)
>Date: Sunday, September 17, 2000 10:59
>
>Listers,
>Just doing a bit of under car maintenance and pulling stuff apart to have a
>
>snoop.
>I've got 240k struts up front with sumitimo (spelling)calipers and 200b
>discs. Took the calipers off and found the lower control arms have ground
>out the inside of both my front discs :(
>Is the best way to fix this to angle grind some of the tip of the control
>arm or is there something else.
>Also what is the minimum width of a 200b disc as one is about 11.5mm and
>the
>other is about 9.5mm.
>The l/c arm has taken out a gash of about .5-1.5mm gash in the disc and you
>
>can imagine the shape of the pads.
>do i need new stuff (discs,pads) i assume so.
>anyone got any suggestions for a sob with no money and little skills
>lol
>thanks Simon
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