The rally car is ready to go... finally

So after deciding to change the gearbox last weekend to put the new, fancy one in (close ratio, 4.8 crownwheel and pinion and a limited slip diff) which went fine. We decided to change the pads and put a new set of mintex on. Nice and simple... right? No, the pads went in fine on one side but on the other we couldn't fit the pads into the caliper.

After much deliberating and measuring to try and diagnose the problem we finally noticed that the hub on the side the pads had gone into had the wrong offset on it. Both sides had 1.9 discs on which have a different offset to the 1.6. The disc offset was screwing up the side that had the proper 1.6 hub on it.

We managed to get hold of another hub in the week and after spending Saturday making some tools to let us change the bearings easier we got it fitted on Sunday. We can now change the bearings a lot easier which is handy so a productive weekend all in all.

Took the pug otu for a test drive after we had put it all back together and the new gearbox seems lots better, should give us a lot better traction due to the LSD and also quite a bit better acceleration. Brint it on.....