Behold, My Beam Is Rebuilt.

[Atari Boy 11]

After nearly a year of owning a replacement beam it has finally been rebuilt and reassembled!

Thank you to everyone that have answered my daft and stupid questions politely.

Don’t worry, I did not do it on my own, I owe Nat a beer or three.

We used his new torsion bar puller and dummy shocks off the forum and they worked a treat, I may have to purchase some.

I am so pleased, all I need to do now is finish it off and get it on the car...

 

[skeggyrik 3]

Nice work.

It looks similar to mine beofre it went back on. I'm sure painting them up nice makes them work better

 

[Atari Boy 11]

New paint makes the car go faster .

[dale205mills 39 7 Cars]

Shiney shiney

[Ricardo 0]

Wow! What a nice looking beam! (not that I'm strange or anything!)

How did you get flourecent tubes to be strong enough?

[welshpug 1,626]

Nice work.

It looks similar to mine beofre it went back on. I'm sure painting them up nice makes them work better

 

 

 

make sure those mounts are on the right way, from memory they are incorrect as pictured, 1.9 front mounts are marked "D" and "G"

[mojo1997 0]

Nice one, will you be keeping it clean...

[yorkshirekowboy 19 1 Cars]

make sure those mounts are on the right way, from memory they are incorrect as pictured, 1.9 front mounts are marked "D" and "G"

 

 

funny you said that as the front mounts, i cant see anywhere where they are marked D and G, where abouts are the stamped?

 

Also mate, what did you use to knock the front bearing in to recess it 5mm? my new outer bearings go in my tube a about 5mm or so with any persuasion. good really as then it should be easier to locate them square.

Edited November 3, 2008 by surferkid205

[welshpug 1,626]

IIRC right between the studs, that's if they are 1.9.

[yorkshirekowboy 19 1 Cars]

IIRC right between the studs, that's if they are 1.9.

 

no mate off a 309 gti ...

[Edp 67 3 Cars]

I like! nothing better than some rear beam porn

 

 

 

[Ricardo 0]

OMG Edp

 

You should have used cloth on those blocks of wood tho

[Atari Boy 11]

make sure those mounts are on the right way, from memory they are incorrect as pictured, 1.9 front mounts are marked "D" and "G"

 

Okay this is good timing, my mounts have a 'D' and a 'G' on them.

So should the letters face towards the car looking at the car from the rear (so they are readable not upside down) or from the front looking at the rear?

 

 

That is some quality porn BTW, great work.

 

Thanks

 

Jonny

Edited November 3, 2008 by Atari Boy

[welshpug 1,626]

Droite, et Gauche

[tom_m 0]

d is the right hand mount and g is the left hand and iirc they should be right way up from the back of the car.

[Atari Boy 11]

Okay, sorry to be slow. D = right and G = left.

Is this looking at the front or rear of the car?

[welshpug 1,626]

as if you were sat driving it, ie the right or left of the car, so yes Droite is french for Right, Gauche is Left.

[Atari Boy 11]

Great thanks chaps. My D and G will be upside down.

I got an F in my GCSE French btw, can yiou tell?

[welshpug 1,626]

I didn't get a grade

[Para 82 2 Cars]

d is the right hand mount and g is the left hand and iirc they should be right way up from the back of the car.

 

 

Why the hell they're called D&G !!

[V8Pete 0]

 

 

[Baz 421]

no mate off a 309 gti ...

 

They don't have them then.

[All Praise The GTI 3]

sod the beam v8pete, how clean is that workshop floor???

[Atari Boy 11]

 

Have I put my torsion bars in the wrong way then? The yellow markings are where the bars are now, one stripe for right, two for left.

Before painting the bars I noted where the original markings were and repainted them in the same place..

Should they be where the red markings are instead as show in V8Pete’s beam?

 

Help!

[ALEX 98 1 Cars]

Everyone (including me) makes the mistake of fitting the zinc coated seal collars flush with the beam! LOL