SamC

Remarkably cheap. Whats the reason behind such a low price @IanRL? Someone can get themselves a phenomenal bargain here.

There is an access hole from the boot for the bolt and a nut on the forward side (enough room to slide an open spanner up from the bottom). Same Allen key and spanner sizes as the bottom. I’d agree with James, doing it on a bench you’ll stand a much better chance of not damaging anything in the surrounding area.

I did a day with them a while back and it was good and well organised. No complaints. Like others have said it’s a bit hit and miss depending on who turns up on the day isn’t it. Id say they were the same as any MSV type day but not as good as the club or LoT.

Can’t comment on the oil system Ainsley, but what oil are you using? Should be about £10/litre for Millers/Fuchs? You can spend a lot more on the fancy pants stuff, but I’ve been advised that there isn’t much benefit considering the mileage/time interval we will be changing oil at (I do mine over the winter and once mid year if I’m doing track days).

Not sure what the cause could be, but I’ve been to Helix in Banbury this week to sort a clutch for my CSR260. They now supply the friction plate for the 260s and 620s to Caterham (70-9012 rather than AP CP5352-12). They were super helpful and tested out my AP pressure plate and tuned their friction plate to suit. Well worth talking to Tom there and I suspect he will offer some insight and solutions. (FYI AP wanted 6 weeks to make a friction plate, Helix took 2 days. Neither stock them and Helix were less than half the price of Caterham)

@Croc Thanks Mike, looks like a well re-engineered solution. Worth noting for us (semi) metric folks across the pond that it looks like they’ve replaced the M14 Nylocs with 1/2” for the wishbone mount. No drama of course, just different from standard. Their report ties in exactly with my findings on stress corrosion cracking and the hoop stress which is comforting. If only Caterham were so proactive eh.

@Dom Williams, Firstly, Love the filename that comes up when you open the CMM file. Glad it isn't just me that gets grief when I get 'homers' done at work! 😆 Secondly... From experience, the corrosion will have put pits in the surface. This will just give the fluid somewhere to wipe past the seal, having a more negative effect than the bore simply being oversize. Typically a hydraulic sealing bore of that size (0.7"/17.78mm) will have a maximum tolerance of 50microns ish, so yours seems on the upper end but not outlandish. You could try getting it honed out to clear up the corrosion and see how that ends up? There is a company called Hone-All in Leighton Buzzard that are good - may be worth a shout.

Pete, I fitted diff struts to mine last year and when I was doing so I had to remove the riveted boot panel that sits behind the seats. I refitted it using rivnuts so that it screws in and out easily. With that removed changing the socket is a piece of cake. (As is diff oil replacement, cleaning etc.)

I've not heard a dickybird...

What an absolute beaut. Bargain too…… An awful lot of car for the cash.

I would. Mine constantly leaked until I put a non sensor cap on. The bellows prevent leakage by sealing the reservoir whilst still allowing the fluid volume to expand and contract with piston travel, temp etc.

Grease between the stud and the wheel hub is fine. That will help removal if it is ever needed. The threads that protrude out of the wheel hub that the nuts are fastened onto should be dry and not have grease on them The reason is both due to reducing thread friction, meaning the load in the stud goes up, and the stirring motion created by a rotating, loaded, wheel has an increased chance of loosening the nuts.

You know you’ve made it when you’ve had damper settings named after you James!

I’ve stuck one of these to my windscreen. Works a treat (unless you have an aero screen of course! 😂) You can position it so that the phone just obscures the bonnet so you don’t lose any visibility and it’s pretty unobtrusive when there isn’t a phone on it. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nillkin-SnapHold-Compatible-Magnetic-Bathroom/dp/B0B7JBF8BG?pd_rd_w=XtBzw&content-id=amzn1.sym.38f90169-67d8-49b7-8ef1-61bdff262c06&pf_rd_p=38f90169-67d8-49b7-8ef1-61bdff262c06&pf_rd_r=85H40SRDS2X22E3JEDKG&pd_rd_wg=8kkEr&pd_rd_r=f6893ef2-2a7c-498a-af28-a57e8ed5fc45&pd_rd_i=B0B7JBF8BG&psc=1&ref_=pd_basp_m_rpt_ba_s_1_sc