Not too sure what happened to my original post as it seems to have gone awol.
Can't quite remember what I wrote now.
Basically the general jist was that I have less than two weeks to go until my first track day and I have one final job to do on the car before the MOT. That's to replace the discs and pads all round (front and rear), replace Ball joints, Outer CV gaitors and rear brake lines.
So I spent the better part of Saturday starting the job after 5 hours I'd barely done one side of the fronts which were a result of a catalogue of disasters.
1 - Couldn't get the Steering Balljoint nut off. However with a blowtorch in hand I perservered.
2 - After fitting the 256 Hubs, discs and carriers I proceeded to fit the Green Stuff pads to find that the caliper would not fit over them. It was as if they were an inch too big. So after starting to file one pad down I gave up and popped to Halfrauds and bought some Ferrodo pads which went in 1st time. After checking the two types the Green Stuff pads were clearly half an inch each bigger than the ferrodo's
3 - After taking everything apart I could not get the Steering Balljoint tight again as it kept turning the thread (now resolved after a friend lent a foot and his weight to it).
4 - It took me a good 15 minutes to figure out the reason why the braided hoses did not seem to fit right on the front calipers. It seems the 16v calipers have a pointless piece of brake pipe that goes from one part of the caliper to another. No reason I can think of anyway.
So after sorting out the right side I tackled the left to find that
1 - the hub nut wouldn't come off (trip to Halfords for a breaker bar soon sorted that out)
2 - the brake pipe nut to the flexi hose was rounded off and stuck tight so I had to cut it off and make a new brake pipe. After the drama of the other side it was decidedly easier to tackle, despite having to make a new brake pipe.
So I've not got to tackle the rears before the weekend as I'd like to MOT the car at least 4/5 days prior to the trackday to make sure it goes through.
Just thought I'd share my woes.
