Shellby - 83 gti ABF on carbs

the rubber seal should go into the back of the disc lad if its the one I'm thinking of which is part of the bearing kit?

there is a separate metal cup that sits over the bolts for rear discs, though often missing

Thanks john!

It did come as a kit. So basically I've got it the wrong way round, needs inserting into the disc?

Have to check but don't think I got the metal spacer.

Just read through your full thread again and its epic and I wish I had your skills  

Great build and keep the updates coming  

if you wanted them part number is 191501639A, 3.67+VAT from VW or if you cant be bothered to drive there:
http://www.vwheritage.com/vw_spares_Cover-Stub-Axle-Golf-Mk2-83-92-Scirocco-83-92-191501639A_act_shop.product_pID_155248192.htm

rubjonny said

if you wanted them part number is 191501639A, 3.67+VAT from VW or if you cant be bothered to drive there:
http://www.vwheritage.com/vw_spares_Cover-Stub-Axle-Golf-Mk2-83-92-Scirocco-83-92-191501639A_act_shop.product_pID_155248192.htm

You are a bonafide hero, john, thanks 

Massbad69 said

Just read through your full thread again and its epic and I wish I had your skills  

Great build and keep the updates coming  

Thank you sir, much appreciated . 

Not sure about my skills. I started working life as a welder, which helps. But welding cars is a black arts, so thin metal, very easy to blow holes . 

Been in engineering all my working life, so used to build things and working around problems. Also lucky to know someone with a workshop I can use, albeit a medieval barn, but has everything needed to restore a car.

Be a different story when it comes to engines and wiring, I will not have a clue . 

Did my 4 hour weekly stint on Shellby last night. Some weeks it seems as though i've achieved nothing with those hours   Last night thankfully wasn't one of those  Put the seals on the rear discs (thank you Rubjohnny  )



Greased the shaft



Disc on



Use an M12 repair washer on top of the bearing



Tighthened the nut to "just nipped", then backed it off to allow the disc to spin freely. Then add the nut cover, turn the nut till the little splines on the nut cover line up with the hole through the shaft



Split pin in



Then put the remainder of the grease in the bolt cap



Cap fitted. These were a pita to get on, very tight. ended up just bashing them with a hammer till they complied  . But there on.



Cleaned the carrier threads out with a tap. Paint in the holes is enough to stop the fixings going in.



The fixings I had were a tad too long, so cut them down with the grinder. Tip - if you do this, put the nut on first, then after cutting, the nut will reform the thread as you wind it off  

Carriers and adapter fitted



Wheel studs fitted - overlong to cut down later



And alloy trial fitted



Another day done!

Need to re-assemble the calipers, and trial fit the whole back suspension, make sure the alloy fits. Hopefully be done next week.

Thanks for reading, any comments, send em  Matt


 

Loving the work done so far.

Brembo……hmmmmmmmm

Have you sorted the front wheels yet? As suggested a bit of arch rolling would help. Maybe a little bit of stretch on the tyres too. This'll help get em tucked just a tad.

Keep it going mate

Ian

Thanks Ian  

My bodywork friend said he can roll (actually hammer!) the inside arches, which will help. Think the tuck id imagined (after looking at far too many show cars and cars on air  ) would be impractical. After seeing ollys (olethalb), his looks perfect to me, so should be able to achieve a similar stance. Not a fan of stretch, but if push comes to rub, a little won't hurt  

Roll on next Tuesday!!

As long as he's gentle it can work.

You can hire an arch roller of ebay. I have and it worked fine. Patience and time and more patience.

I tried rolling with a hammer on the golf. didn't work too well. I blame the rust though not my terrible skills  

Nice work on the build up Matt, I've said it before but I love those wheels

Keep the updates coming bud!!

Good work Matt, nice to get progress and know what you mean when you have hours of work and feel like you've done nothing!

Can't take my eyes off your wheels, so good  

borednow said

As long as he's gentle it can work.

You can hire an arch roller of ebay. I have and it worked fine. Patience and time and more patience.

I tried rolling with a hammer on the golf. didn't work too well. I blame the rust though not my terrible skills  

Definately the rust  

I tried knocking the inner arch in with a hammer many months ago, but it just seemed to spring back, so gave up! Chris tried it, and he made it look easy, and no deformation of the arch curve - guess it's just a case of having the knack  

Melteddrummer said

Nice work on the build up Matt, I've said it before but I love those wheels

Keep the updates coming bud!!

Hairyarse said

Good work Matt, nice to get progress and know what you mean when you have hours of work and feel like you've done nothing!

Can't take my eyes off your wheels, so good  

Thank you Andy's. The wheels were a great find, completely by chance, right place right time  

                 

Rear alloy test fit last night.

First fit the rear axle

Suspension strut first



Beam positioned locally



Then fitted





Then alloy fitted





The edge of the alloy is about 20mm outside the rear arch, but I have the wheel packed out 10mm, and im going to face mount the alloys, which loses another 10mm, so hopefully should sit very nicely  The rear beam is one heavy, awkward monkey! Anyone doing this, i would suggest you're not a billy-no-mates like me, invite lots of strong helpers around  Just a suspension question. Got my suspension off ebay, second hand, but unused. Didn't come with any fitting instructions so just guessing at the moment.

The top of the rear strut has an aluminium bush



does this replace the rubber bush and just sit in the rear tower like so?



Then inside the car you have a bush and a cup washer like so?



Thanks
Matt

Wen i fitted my rear beam last week i wudnt of been able to do it without my old man, i found that if u slide a jack under the center of it and jack it up it makes it abit easier

Looking good mate keep up the work 

Also mate if i remember wen i fitted my coilovers u put the rubber bush ontop of that alluminium top mount, and also from the photo the cup washer u have is upaide down wen fitted it cups upwards

chipster2407 said

Wen i fitted my rear beam last week i wudnt of been able to do it without my old man, i found that if u slide a jack under the center of it and jack it up it makes it abit easier

Looking good mate keep up the work 

chipster2407 said

Also mate if i remember wen i fitted my coilovers u put the rubber bush ontop of that alluminium top mount, and also from the photo the cup washer u have is upaide down wen fitted it cups upwards

Cheers Chipster  yeah, it's a sod to try and move round and fit.

Thanks for the suspension advice, will amend the way I refit it  

Yep those wheels are going to look the nuts Matt