Mr2 Turbo Sprint Car (Banshee)

[stephano]

yeah might have modded it slightly and the interior light needed hacking in half but its still in there.

all the way back on page 2 is where i fitted it

[ashley]

Cheers

[stephano]

Well................

Utter waste of a day today
Got my rear hub off started sorting the geo kit pressed the rear bush on the hub out went to press the "press fit" slug and it just fell in! That can't be right :/
Now waiting for a reply from Alex

Worst part is I'm racing in 2 weeks and now can't use the car

[ashley]

Pictures mate- I've got some spare bushes, etc, but off an NA- happy to post you spare parts if they will help you out...

[stephano]

this is the only one i got



its where the rear tie rod connects to the hub. not a bush as such more a bearing

[ashley]

Yeah- I've swapped them out before mate, if you're careful you can use a vice and a couple sockets to push them out without damaging them. I think they are the same NA vs Turbo, so if you want one let me know...

Did you damage yours taking it out?

[stephano]

yeah squished the edge of the cylinder with the socket.
if Alex cant get some to me or if i cant get some made up then ill defo be on the scrounge

Thanks bud.

[ashley]

No probs- can't have you missing any races

[stephano]

Thanks.
what would we all do without noisy in car footage

[ashley]

Any word from Alex? Keen to know whether there was a problem with his last bunch of kits...

[stephano]

no not yet,
one guy said his were tight and needed to be knocked in. so maybe mine were one of the last sets or first on a new tool?

[bobhatton]

I was thinking Steve, as Ashley is such a nice chap we could help him out by testing if he has got the right size “slugs” before he take his car apart and tries to fit everything.
If they are loose in your hubs then he knows he will need replacements but if they fit then he can have the replacement that Alex will be sending over to replace your ones.

[ashley]

I was planning to press the relevant bearings out of the spare hubs I've got to see if my slugs were loose as well- should be a good indication. If they fit I'll happily send em over to you until Alex sends some replacements...

[bobhatton]

I was planning to press the relevant bearings out of the spare hubs I've got to see if my slugs were loose as well- should be a good indication. If they fit I'll happily send em over to you until Alex sends some replacements...

Alex is away now till the end of the week so he is unable to send anything this week. I think Steve wanted to have them fitted over the weekend.
Any chance you could get them here before the weekend?

[ashley]

I'll stick them in the post tomorrow (recorded delivery) and knock the cost off the price of that Goodridge order I had from you?

[bobhatton]

Yes that is great if you are happy with that.
Thank you very much.

[ashley]

No problemo- consider it done

[ashley]

Posted- shoud be with you in the enxt couple of days

[bobhatton]

Posted- shoud be with you in the enxt couple of days

That is great, thank you.
I hope this will stop Steve stomping around throwing tools about like he does when things go wrong

[bobhatton]

Got them Ashley, thank you very much.

Ok, they are the same size as Steves and within spec as confirmed by Alex at 1.415". But the bearing that was removed is 1.421" so you can see why they just fall through the hole.

Alex has had this problem before and is going to make some bigger ones up but will take time to come over.

It may be worth you pressing out the bearings on your spare hubs and checking the size as you may also need bigger ones.