SRowells Black Rallye

[Toms306]

So, found some motivation for this, this afternoon. Also have a few old pics that couldn't get off the phone without pulling the memory card lol.

So hopefully Sam's got a spare rear console as it looks like the hulk's been at it...



And it's a good job he's got a new exhaust to go on as this is the current state of the old one lol...



The spare on the Rallye doesn't hold air for some reason...



So onto todays progress...well, kinda.

Firstly, are the ARB end plates meant to be flat? Is this one scrap?



Gave up on ARB fitting after seeing that so tried to get the damn shock bolt out that theoretically isn't held in by anything. No amount of whacking with a heavy lump hammer is getting it to even budge! It seems to have welded itself to the metal sleeve inside the shock mount, anyone seen that before?







I had been 'tickling' it with a punch to save wrecking the bolt, before getting frustrated and unleashing fury on it directly hence the slightly mushroomed end now lol, makes no difference though as I guess it'll need cutting out anyway. I assume the metal sleeve can be replaced fairly cheaply? And possibly the rubber mount as well? Gave up on that as well, pick it up later.

Having given up on shocks and ARB (going well ), moved on to fitting the load compensator to the new beam...easy apparently, just bolts straight on...wait, no there's a metal bracket in the way. Unfortunately it wasn't a crappy weld either as I thought it might just whack off, no such luck haha.



Only option was to pull the arm from the Rallye beam and use that...more shock bolts to remove lol, those were easy enough that time though. Also fitted the solid mounts...mmm shiny.



So that's how it sits currently...





Can someone show me where the lower flexi pipe brackets fit, as I don't seem to have any on there and don't remember removing them before. Would've fitted the braided flexi's as well if I had the brackets lol.

Also, found some odd marking on the tube, not sure what it means, possibly denotes the stiffness of the ARB?



To finish the afternoon, I pulled the arm off the 1.8 beam with the good shock still attached as there's no way either of us is going to get that bolt out. I'm guessing the best option is to have it pressed/cut out by a friendly local mechanic?