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Offline Diamond Hell

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Re: Cheap-assed Golf2 Syncro track shed
« Reply #140 on: 20 February 2009, 08:09 »
On the basis that I want most of the stuff under the back end of the Golf to last and it'll be going obsolete in due course, I sent all the bits that could be blasted off for blasting:







I also had to order the pendulum mount for the rear diff - the OEM one was knackered and there wasn't one included in the polybush kit:





I also picked up a pair of seats that will replace the Scirocco items in due course:



Only a 705mile road trip to pick them up (among other things).

So, powdercoating done by Saturday.  Should all be back together on Sunday  :huh:
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Re: Cheap-assed Golf2 Syncro track shed
« Reply #141 on: 20 February 2009, 11:28 »
nice updates there tom :smiley: looking good!

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Re: Cheap-assed Golf2 Syncro track shed
« Reply #142 on: 21 February 2009, 21:16 »
So, parts back from the the powdercoaters:

Trailing arms and various ARB brackets



Rear sub-frame:



Various securing brackets and the brake caliper carriers:



Bias valve , rear discs, CV boots and one new inner joint (other one still to come)



Rear diff mount came from VW, from Germany (phew).  Slight difference between original and superceded item:



So, there's a small quantity of assembly required.  Only *slighly* irksome issue at the moment is that the powdercoater seems to have been so keen with the coating that he's filled the threads on the sodding items.  Anyone near Bristol got M10 and M12 1.25 taps?
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Re: Cheap-assed Golf2 Syncro track shed
« Reply #143 on: 21 February 2009, 21:36 »
Surely these would do?

I know they're cheap but if they've only filled the holes, they should be quite soft, right?

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Re: Cheap-assed Golf2 Syncro track shed
« Reply #144 on: 21 February 2009, 21:48 »
Check the thread pitch available in that set.

Detail FAIL.
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Re: Cheap-assed Golf2 Syncro track shed
« Reply #145 on: 21 February 2009, 21:53 »
 :grin:

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Re: Cheap-assed Golf2 Syncro track shed
« Reply #146 on: 21 February 2009, 21:55 »
Check the thread pitch available in that set.

Detail FAIL.

Eh, I suddenly realize now what the 1.25 is.

Eh, sorry for trying to help.  :wink:

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Re: Cheap-assed Golf2 Syncro track shed
« Reply #147 on: 21 February 2009, 23:52 »
Could sell you a set, let me know if you want a price(new).

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Re: Cheap-assed Golf2 Syncro track shed
« Reply #148 on: 26 February 2009, 12:04 »
So, powdercoated items now have cleaned out threads (cheers Beavis for the taps).  I've been putting stuff together for a few days and spending WAAY too much on new parts, so I had a good session of fitting stuff together yesterday.

After I'd cup-brushed back the area where the subframe bolts up and put a couple of layers of galvafroid over the cleaned section it was time to start.  Footplate thingamies on:



I'm not sure whether the moistness here was from some heavy breathing out the top, or if the seal was going, so I've replaced the seal on the nearside output shaft:



Not very yummy, but hey it'll be fine.

I've pressed new bearings into the arms, fitted polybushes to all except the pendulum mount (not available in poly) and generally gone over-board to try and do the job properly.  I got rather carried away with assembly, so here's the next pic:



For most people this wouldn't be terribly exciting, but I've been running with the OE drums since I got the car, so this is quite a sight to behold for me!



Rallye caliper carriers and discs, to go with the 280mms on the front.  I've also now fitted up the Golf3 handbrake cables, Golf3 calipers, Goodrich braided lines to the rear axle and started flaring and fitting up the brake hard-lines, in copper-nickel.  Does anyone have a guide to flaring brake pipes?  It's a job I bloody hate!

Next up is to fit the rest of the hard lines from the rear axle, up to a tee, then to the bias valve, then re-make the front lines, to accommodate the re-wiring of the front brakes to handle the non-diagonal split braking set up.

Chop chop, eh?
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Re: Cheap-assed Golf2 Syncro track shed
« Reply #149 on: 26 February 2009, 18:00 »
like it DH :afro: in process of cleaning and painting rear beam and calipers, etc. hammerite. whats the advantage of powdercoating? surely it aint cheap?