I bought a 306 HDI that someone tried to install a recon rear axle but made a pigs ear of it. I'm trying to put everything back together correctly but I'm running into problems.
One arb end plate wasn't attached to the trailing arm because the holes didn't line up. I thought that maybe the 2 hubs were set at different heights. I removed the arb tonight and even sitting on the floor the 2 end plates are not parallel, one is slightly twisted in relation to the other.
Then I noticed that the end plate has a notch along 1 edge of the flat part but the notches on each plate were on opposite sides which makes me suspect that I have 2 left end plates - will a left plate slide onto the right end of the arb and vice versa?
The gorilla who fitted the rear brake calipers over tightened them and I had to resort to a large breaker bar to remove them. Unfortunately one of the bolts snapped off cleanly at the hub so I have to tackle removing that later!
Any help/advice appreciated.
One arb end plate wasn't attached to the trailing arm because the holes didn't line up. I thought that maybe the 2 hubs were set at different heights. I removed the arb tonight and even sitting on the floor the 2 end plates are not parallel, one is slightly twisted in relation to the other.
Then I noticed that the end plate has a notch along 1 edge of the flat part but the notches on each plate were on opposite sides which makes me suspect that I have 2 left end plates - will a left plate slide onto the right end of the arb and vice versa?
The gorilla who fitted the rear brake calipers over tightened them and I had to resort to a large breaker bar to remove them. Unfortunately one of the bolts snapped off cleanly at the hub so I have to tackle removing that later!
Any help/advice appreciated.