ORGANIZATION PART II: My work bench finally came on Friday and I spent some quality time getting it all put together. What a HUGE difference it is having such a great work bench. I ordered it off of Amazon.com (of all places). Actually, Amazon has surprised me. I have ordered all kinds of tools (spring compressors, gear pullers, etc) , grease, etc off of it with great prices. Give it a whirl. Anyway, I sure wish I would have set this up before I started the build. It has been priceless.


  

  

  

  

ROTOR INSTALL: My plans for this weekend included the installation of the front rotors and the front brake system. I was thwarted however. Everything was going swell...bearings were packed with grease, and the inside bearings fit like a charm. The outside bearings were an issue. They don't seem to fit over the spindle! After conversing on some of the build boards out there, the consensus was that I have the wrong bearings for the outside hub. The diameter is just too small. I have to touch base with Hurricane Motorsports to confirm if there was a mix up. Until then, I just have to sit back and wait....oh...and I lost a grease fitting for the ball joint. Need to order one of those too. The only thing that bums me out is that you don't get too many 4 day weekends with which to build and I only got about half done of what I wanted to achieve this weekend.


  

  

  

  

Steering Rack Install: The steering rack is a mustang II rack an pinion which is really nice. The install was pretty much uneventful until I got ahead of myself in one step. I was mocking up the tie rod ends to fit into the spindle mounts. These rod ends actually self press into the spindle and you can't get them out unless you have a pickle fork or a hand press. I had to pick up a hand press from sears to get it to come out. Good thing too as I hadn't centered the steering rack. I am going to wait to intall the tie rods into the spindle as right now they look a bit too long (which means I will need to trim them). However, with the weight of the engine, they might be just right.