Bloody cold out yesterday.
But 5 layers, a wooly hat, and. Thermal underpants helped till it warmed up.
Plan for the day was to remake the drivers seat support in steel, and get the new front shock absorbers fitted.
Found some steel for the seat support, then got distracted by the thought of the new shocks, fitted.
Contemplating painting them red, I decided against it.
Tried to fit one with the wheels on. That was not happening.
Removed the wheel, and a load of struggling to get the mounting points lined up later, the drivers side was fitted and bolted down.
Then had a visitor for coffee for an hour and returned to part 2 on the passenger side.
Got going, and progress was faster than the guessing game of part 1.
Fitted shock.
Tightened top tower bolt and proceeded to the bottom pair that fit through a pair of tines.
Tightened first one, then the second one.
At the point of stopping the torque it went “ping”
Bu66er ! !
Resulting in this.
And looking up.
I guess the next job now will be to remove the shock again and grind back what is left of the bolt, and then drill it out in position, carefully, UPSIDE DOWN.
Not looking forward to this. Seriously.
But I have other distractions today, need to go look for a car for Sally before she goes to look over the weekend with me.
Wish me luck, on both aspects.