mudnut's 'Old Trol' build thread.

[mudnut]

A 12 hour job that is gunna end up being an 18 hour job. I straightened the LH side by undoing all the bolts on the arm and using a hefty G clamp and 12mm thick piece of steel across the bent piece. With the clamp in place, I set the adjustment and torqued the three bolts FT then removed the clamp.

I tackled the RH side and found it easier to tighten the U bolt nuts up, with the arm dangling down then lifting it up and bolting it to the brace, which meant I only had to torque U bolt nuts.

After I had positioned the springs and the supplied urethane spacers, I struggled to get the bastards to stay in position. Even with Mrs mudsane operating the trolley jack, I found it extremely hard to get the springs to sit over the urethane. I eventually gave up, removed the offending bits and used a hoof trimmer to cut a bevel on the rubber. After a few goes I finally got the springs in and the shockers and panhard on.

I decided to check everything and noticed that the two centre bolts of the brace were long enough to interfere with the brake and fuel lines.

I had to drop everything, remove the RH spring and centre bolts. I cut 8-9mm off the bolts, replaced them and fitted the springs and suspension again.