Replacing Front Cones
#1
Posted 18 September 2012 - 06:53 PM
I'm thinking start with the cones first and while the car's in the air inspect the knuckles and shocks too? Hopefully it'll just be the cones causing trouble, but is there anything else I need to look at or definitely replace while I'm at it?
I'm not doing anything performance related, I'm keeping the car completely standard. Also, for the moment at least, I'm on a shoestring. I've got a '78 Civic which is going in for a full respray, so that's gonna hurt!
#2
Posted 18 September 2012 - 07:10 PM
Hilos are useful for adjusting the ride heigh while the cones are still settling. Minispares do a budget set that are of good quality, or get the proper ones if you can stretch to it.
Budget for a top arm recon, just in case. They're worth close inspection upon removal, as you'll have to do half the job to get them out again in the future!
Lower bump stops will have taken a bit of a bashing, and aren't expensive or difficult to replace, so you might as well chuck some new ones on.
Shocks can be removed/replaced easily without moving anything else, so leave these for when you have a bit more money (unless, of course, they're completely shagged).
Grease the hell out of anything metal on metal!
#3
Posted 18 September 2012 - 07:48 PM
#4
Posted 18 September 2012 - 07:50 PM
Part number is 21A423MS on Minispares.
Edited by minimissionary, 18 September 2012 - 07:52 PM.
#5
Posted 18 September 2012 - 07:55 PM
What do I need to look out for on those top arms? I've been looking through the forums for tips but coming up short.
Edited by Vulcan, 18 September 2012 - 07:59 PM.
#6
Posted 18 September 2012 - 07:58 PM
On a serious note, they're a pig to get out of the top arm. I recommend gently pushing it away from the seat with a thin screwdriver, then get some needle-nose pliers and twist the hell out of it!
#7
Posted 18 September 2012 - 08:13 PM
Crazy eh? The VAT only makes the situation worse! Bastards!
I feel like a kid in a bloody sweetshop! I'm not used to being able to just get stuff off the shelf like this. I think I need to sit down..........
#8
Posted 18 September 2012 - 08:20 PM
Crazy eh? The VAT only makes the situation worse! Bastards!
I feel like a kid in a bloody sweetshop! I'm not used to being able to just get stuff off the shelf like this. I think I need to sit down..........
Silly cheap, old fashioned parts prices [admittedly for silly and cheap and old fashioned parts] are one of the real joys of Mini ownership!
#9
Posted 18 September 2012 - 08:21 PM
Crazy eh? The VAT only makes the situation worse! Bastards!
I feel like a kid in a bloody sweetshop! I'm not used to being able to just get stuff off the shelf like this. I think I need to sit down..........
Silly cheap, old fashioned parts prices [admittedly for silly and cheap and old fashioned parts] are one of the real joys of Mini ownership!
#10
Posted 18 September 2012 - 08:23 PM
Crazy eh? The VAT only makes the situation worse! Bastards!
I feel like a kid in a bloody sweetshop! I'm not used to being able to just get stuff off the shelf like this. I think I need to sit down..........
Silly cheap, old fashioned parts prices [admittedly for silly and cheap and old fashioned parts] are one of the real joys of Mini ownership!
And so, the Mini bug sinks it's jaws deeper into the heart of another owner
#11
Posted 19 September 2012 - 09:51 PM
If my understanding is correct, the bottom of the front trumpet terminates in the knuckle, which sits in the nylon cup at the proximal end of the upper arm? The whole kit & kaboodle is then greased and booted?
#12
Posted 19 September 2012 - 10:29 PM
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