I have fitted the new Avos. Can't decide whether to have the adjuster facing down, where it will probably be exposed to the road dirt but be easy to reach for adjustment, or facing up, where it will be exposed to the road dirt, which will probably sit on it.....Facing down will do for now. It's all coming apart later anyway.
So, here it is with front suspension:
As it turns out I did have to re do the brackets for the brake disc back plates, because they were fractionally out, which distorted the back plates when they were attached and made them rub on the discs.
Here's a gratuitous picture of the nice shiny brake callipers installed:
The more shiny new bits go on, the mankier the chassis looks. Never mind, its going to be powder coated once everything is trial fitted.
I thought I would list all the bits that have gone on the front so far:
New uprights both sides
New stub axles both sides
New trunnions
New top ball joint one side
New bearings
New wheel studs one side
New track rod ends
New polymer bushes
Replacement back plates
New brake discs
Refurbished brake Callipers
New shocks and springs
New near side lower wishbone
Oh God
So, now on to the rear suspension, which, I fear, will have a similar list. I have already dismantled and cleaned the castings and stripped out the old bearings, which bizarrely had sand in on one side! They have clearly been replaced before, because the races are chipped where the new ones have been persuaded into the casting with an engineer's mark one adjuster.
One of the castings did look a bit past it, due to corrosion, in the cold light of day, so I managed to persuade Adrian Venn to part with a second hand spare, in much better condition. I am now considering what to do next, and I am erring on the side of giving them to someone who knows what they are doing, before I brake something. More later.
