Stationary M25 Traveller Posted March 2, 2007 Author Share Posted March 2, 2007 Well - two days now, with no response from CC. The reason I paid a premium price and bought from them was to avoid the risks of dealing with problems on a car if a private buy. ****************** And you run and you run to catch up with the sun, but it's sinking... And racing around to come up behind you again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unclefester Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 Ring them Monday? Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds..ooooh hooo hooo!!... 😬 😬Abbey Road Time-Machine *eek* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stationary M25 Traveller Posted July 1, 2007 Author Share Posted July 1, 2007 40mm studs now fitted to front hubs - easy job. Got rear hubs off very easily, but now suffering seized hub to disc bolts with pesky thin heads ... grrrrrrr ****************** And you run and you run to catch up with the sun, but it's sinking... And racing around to come up behind you again. photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stationary M25 Traveller Posted July 1, 2007 Author Share Posted July 1, 2007 Rear discs finally removed from hubs thanks to flames, hammer and chisel, plusgas and SL's trusty 12V impact wrench. Problem was waaaaaaaay too much threadlock on the thin-headed bolts - had stuck the head and the shank of the bolt to the disc !!!!! All stripped out now - have decided to replace the discs, pads and bolts while it is all apart. Just hope CC have the parts in stock tomorrow. ****************** And you run and you run to catch up with the sun, but it's sinking... And racing around to come up behind you again. photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unclefester Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 Well done that man..... Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds..ooooh hooo hooo!!... 😬 😬Abbey Road Time-Machine *eek* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stationary M25 Traveller Posted July 3, 2007 Author Share Posted July 3, 2007 All back together again Anyone know what the typical clearance is between the wafer-thin headed bolts (rear disc to hub) and the bearing carrier flange on the deDion ? Asked CC Parts if ok to fit a thin washer behind the bolt heads to help prevent them corroding on to disc face - they said ok. On the offside - no problems at all. On the nearside - the lightest of scraping sounds - almost certainly betwixt bolt heads and bearing carrier - not sure if it is the flat top of the bolt, or one or two of the corners of the hex head ? If it is this, I suppose it won't do it for long. It really is a light scrape. Or - should I pull it all apart again and remove the washers ? ... and before you ask - the brake pads and calipers were well out of reach of the disc ! ****************** And you run and you run to catch up with the sun, but it's sinking... And racing around to come up behind you again. photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stationary M25 Traveller Posted July 3, 2007 Author Share Posted July 3, 2007 *arrowup* Any takers ?? ****************** And you run and you run to catch up with the sun, but it's sinking... And racing around to come up behind you again. photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unclefester Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 Why not just give it a few hundred miles and see if the noise goes away as it wears? 😬 Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds..ooooh hooo hooo!!... 😬 😬Abbey Road Time-Machine *eek* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stationary M25 Traveller Posted July 3, 2007 Author Share Posted July 3, 2007 I'm sure it will !! ****************** And you run and you run to catch up with the sun, but it's sinking... And racing around to come up behind you again. photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stationary M25 Traveller Posted July 5, 2007 Author Share Posted July 5, 2007 Answered my own question - looked inside the offending article from under car, with LED torch - bolt heads and washers all clear the bearing carrier flange. So they are not fouling. Still puzzled as to what could have been lightly scraping without brake pads or calipers fitted ? Assume once hub nuts tightened, it must pull bearings/drive shafts into right place, so nothing there to foul. Now pads are in (and pistons wound back), they scrape noisily against the new discs, so think I will just take it for a drive tonight (dry at last ??), and see what happens ! ****************** And you run and you run to catch up with the sun, but it's sinking... And racing around to come up behind you again. photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stationary M25 Traveller Posted July 6, 2007 Author Share Posted July 6, 2007 Finally got a drive tonight, as the sky cleared and the sun was setting. Wonderful - it all works !! A nice way to blow the PLC-nonsense office cobwebs out of the hair (did someone say hair ) All ok for the 7 to take us to the 7/7/7 wedding tomorrow ****************** And you run and you run to catch up with the sun, but it's sinking... And racing around to come up behind you again. photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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