Progress.....And not some Take That Album.....Thankfully

Saturday 17th March
My next batch of components for the build were ready for collection so I made the trip to Hereford where I was greeted by Jeremy from Raw. I took the opportunity to take another look at the demo striker to make sure I had a few things relating to the build clear in my head.

Once I got home I spent a little while going through the box of parts identifying how various parts fitted into the kit and took the opportunity to place the Steering rack and clamps into the Kit, I'll bolt this up later.

Steering rack clamped in by alloy brackets

Saturday 24th March
My 1st task of the day was to get the differential into the chassis, fitting was is harder than it 1st appeared but this was down to the weight of the differential, after a little bit of jiggling all the securing bolts were in place.

I decided I would attached the rear nearside suspension and driveshaft assembly, with the coilover and lower wishbone in, the driveshaft pushed into the differential and allowed me to connect the upright, hub and upper wishbone, I even placed the disc and loosely bolted up the calliper for effect.

Rear nearside

At this point it was time to call it a day.


Saturday 31st March
I started the day with a list of task that I wanted to make headway on, not expecting to make much of an impact on them.

I thought I would start the day with a nice easy task by bolting in the steering rack and alloy clamps, job done, nice and easy as I had hoped it would be.

Brake Pedal clevis-pin / push rod set-up

Next up, the pedals, I removed the previously fitted pedal box cover and set about fitting the pedals, the pedals simply swing on a spindle bar which pushes through the pedal box. I started by lining up the brake pedal with the master cylinder and fitting the clevis-pin and push rod, The clutch pedal was quite a tight fit so required a little filing to allow the pedal to move freely. In order to fit the accelerator pedal I needed to fit a spacer to stop the pedal sliding along the spindle.

After lunch I moved on the offside rear suspension set-up, this went together as per the nearside without any issues, I now need to tighten the hubs bolts then I can fit the callipers and flexi brake hoses.

Steering column assembly

My last task for the day was the steering column assembly, this comprised of a number of parts, the columns itself, some UV joints, bearings and a bush, again this was a pretty easy, the good news being that the rack moves when I turn the steering column.