Big Stripdown and Weld thread 300tdi

[Chrisw8]

Yeah, there’s a noticeable lip where the seal rubs.

 

[resto_d1]

Yeah swap it out mate. Go for timken bearings btw also

 

[dieseldog69]

Yeah, there’s a noticeable lip where the seal rubs.

Unless you've a friend with a lathe that could whip a couple of thou off it for you of course

 

[Chrisw8]

Got new hubs.

Poxy weather still, so started to do some more painting in garage.

Painted wheel mount. Matt black high temp paint.

Started masking discs and hubs but run out of tape. Arse !!!

 

[dieseldog69]

Silly question, but why are you masking off the discs?

 

[Henry_b]

Silly question, but why are you masking off the discs?

Painting the disc hats..

I believe

 

[Chrisw8]

Indeed. And the ends !!!

This is the problem with it raining......
I get up to mischief!!!!

 

[dieseldog69]

Indeed. And the ends !!!

This is the problem with it raining......
I get up to mischief!!!!

That's the thing with off roading your motor, the discs will be worn out quite rapidly in mud and silt needing replaced so I consider them a consumable part LOL

 

[resto_d1]

I must admit I was so close to doing this lol. Did you get timken? Make sure you don't mix up the races I.e. keep paired races and bearings together. (Not telling you how to suck eggs just don't know if you have done bearings before)

 

[resto_d1]

And the rain is relentless. And the traffic. I did 80 miles in 4 hours today. **** sake

 

[dieseldog69]

And the rain is relentless. And the traffic. I did 80 miles in 4 hours today. **** sake

Can we not discuss traffic horror stories, M27 was sh!t at 5:45 this morning, I'm having a panic attack just thinking about my morning commute

 

[resto_d1]

Can we not discuss traffic horror stories, M27 was sh!t at 5:45 this morning, I'm having a panic attack just thinking about my morning commute

Oh it's ****. Have they started the managed motorway there yet?

I gotta get up earlier to catch the worm I think. Used to reward myself with a McDonald's coffee when I was up early to skip traffic lol that was my incentive to get out of bed. Oh well soon be weekend with the in-laws . If it's sunny I'll be an bitter man

 

[dieseldog69]

Oh it's ****. Have they started the managed motorway there yet?

I gotta get up earlier to catch the worm I think. Used to reward myself with a McDonald's coffee when I was up early to skip traffic lol that was my incentive to get out of bed. Oh well soon be weekend with the in-laws . If it's sunny I'll be an bitter man

They're busy with road works every night at the minute as they're putting up the variable speed cameras in readiness for the roadworks to come when they put up the new gantry signage and cameras for the "smart motorway", it's shocking and I swear there must be a lot of new factories around that require actual physical workers and not offices that could employ staff who work remotely from home through the internet..............

No rewards for me, I left the island at 05:30 and still didn't get to work until 07:55 I start at 07:30 and almost everyday this last 2 weeks has seen me late through one delay on the roads or another, Monday was just horrific traffic on the M3, Tuesday was over running engineering on the A3 at Hindhead tunnel, this morning was M27 road works overrun and M3 lagging, think I'm getting close to jacking this in if they don't move me closer to home, I was at my limit with 1hr 15 minutes on a decent run but this 2+hr sh!t is beginning to wear me down

 

[Chrisw8]

I must admit I was so close to doing this lol. Did you get timken? Make sure you don't mix up the races I.e. keep paired races and bearings together. (Not telling you how to suck eggs just don't know if you have done bearings before)

Yeah I’m ok with bearings, got Timkins to put in.

 

[Chrisw8]

We’ve had roadworks for the past year on j28 m4. A right balls up !!

It’s nearly finished,.... but now there’s millions of traffic lights, lanes going through middle of roundabouts, lanes split into other lanes, one of the exits out of Newport to get to m4 east, you have to stay in right lane to turn left to then turn right. Those in left lane which used to be m4 west, now find themselves wanting to be in the right lane also, and crash into those who are in the right lane turning left 50 yards up the road!!!!
Don’t get me started on the ****s coming off m4 east slip that don’t stop at red lights and block everything up!!!

 

[resto_d1]

Know both schemes well and know the pm of the m3 scheme very well! I'm impressed by your awareness Too!!! I suppose you get the 50s as have been on the highway with lorries coming past you. My personal view is that as soon as one is upgraded it's already out of date/ over capacity. Should have double decker motorways by now .

Your also bang on with how my people could actually work from home- it's the old school mentality of keeping an eye on people and putting that shift in for all to see I could do a lot of my work from home. It's quieter, comfier and I have an office set up yet I'm still doing 2 hour of traffic wading too.

Sorry to hijack Chris lol

 

[Chrisw8]

Today , I have mostly been painting
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Blue !!!!!

 

[resto_d1]

Clean! You bought brand new ones?

 

[Chrisw8]

Yeah. Got bearmach ones......
Got their blue springs too ..... so I thought I’d bling up the callipers !!

 

[resto_d1]

Yeah. Got bearmach ones......
Got their blue springs too ..... so I thought I’d bling up the callipers !!