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Finally Starting To Put Rear End All Back Together...


prezucha

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After a long break not making progress because I was very hesitant to get the underside and truck area primed and painted, I finally got it done. Weather conditions have been very windy but I just picked a day and did it. Not the best job but certainly a lot better than it was. A couple shots of newly painted areas...

And now after installing the rear end I realized that one of the control arm holes in the rear end bracket is elongated! How serious is this and what to do about it? I assume welding a bracket on the outside is the correct solution. Any comments would be appreciated. See photo.

Also, after installing the drive shaft with two new front guibo's, I see that there is a large gap between the rear guibo and the flange. I did move the center bearing bracket towards the front a tiny bit to put pressure on the tranny but certainly not a 1/4"! Nothing else has changed. Any ideas where the slack came from?

I am certainly looking forward to getting the rear end all back in the car soon. I drove the car only about 1 mile total since getting it and all these improvements should make a huge difference!

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what great early car and a complete bargain. Have you got 4 of the same steel wheels shown in the pic earlier? They're probably worth 500 bucks alone - hard to find boranis. 

 

keep up the good work!

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Hi NickVyse,

 

Thanks for the comment. Been awhile since working on it but I have it on the road and she runs pretty good!  A clunking in the rear when going over bumps and I've been told the springs I installed are not quite weighted and are loose in the upper spring cap.  I need to slip on a rubber hose onto the top spring to take up some of the slack. Otherwise the car runs decent!  Those wheels are not boranis unfortuneately but they are pretty cool Opel Rally wheels that look pretty good!  

 

Bad news is I may have to sell.  Too many cars, too little work/income.  I'll hold onto her as long as I can...

 

Cheers!

 

Paul

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