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sven
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Ok, christmas means less work means garage freedom. Except that it also means that I finally have time to fix that worn out rear right hub on the Touran... ...Darn.
But I finally went to the spare part shop and bought a bunch of discs. I got the 96- VW Sharan discs and the front discs fit like a charm giving space to make an adapter to the new calipers (bought a pair of Ford Scorpio V6 calipers, uge lumps). Unfortunately I found out that the mount ears for the calipers are only parallel milled on the backside.
So I have some options now.
1. Dismount the hub totally and mill the other side of the ears. Will take a lot of time but the adapater will be a simple and solid piece.
2. Make a weird adapter that mounts on the backside and wraps around.
3. Use the brake heat shield mount holes and make an adapter for them instead.
I haven't tested the rear discs yet, but I think they will be really good with my calipers mounted with a heat shield adapter.
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sven
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| Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2008 11:20 pm Post subject: |
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Pictures: http://www.primenta.se/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=67&Itemid=56
The original mount ears have cast angles on the side towards the discs, which make an adapter for my calipers pretty ugly. I think I'll make a steer pin for a milling-tool-which-I-don't-know-the-English-name-for that's used to make surfaces plane around drilled holes. And then I'll plane the ears parallel on the outer side too.
EDIT: The tool is called "plane countersink cutter" I think.
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ElusiveStranger
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Loving the work Sven
Would you mind taking a photo of the "plane countersink cutter" cutter please?
Cheers bud
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sven
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| Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2008 10:16 pm Post subject: |
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| ElusiveStranger wrote: | Loving the work Sven
Would you mind taking a photo of the "plane countersink cutter" cutter please?
Cheers bud |
It looks like a standard mill but with a hole in the centre for a steering pin that goes into the drilled hole. It's used for planing surfaces to avoid that nuts bend screws when they're tightened. If I remove the hubs from the bus I'll fix it in the big milling machine, but that will take a lot more time. A small fixture with a depth stop would do the same work.
I found out that they are also called "counterbore". Here's a pic:
And this is what they make:
So what I'll do is a small fixture which is a threaded bolt that either have the steering pin or a centre hole for the steering pin on the counterbore (some of them have replacable pins for different diameters). |
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sven
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| Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 6:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Was in the garage today and measured everything for the adapter. Darn I start to regret that I didn't fix the Legacy calipers instead of the Ford calipers I bought recently. They are the same cylinder size but have the mount holes much more apart. The Ford cal's will be trouble, the mount holes have almost the same distance as the ears on the bus and the bolts will conflict. If I went with the Legacy calipers the holes had been on the outside both up and down. Will think about it until tomorrow. I may change again... |
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rusty69bus
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| Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 8:24 am Post subject: |
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hi sven hows it progressing?
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sven
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Very slowly (ie. not at all).
I started to give my VW Touran a real make over a couple of months ago. That poor thing has taken some real punishment. I got it cheap though, but as more I dug in under the hood - the more I found...
If I made a list with all stuff I have replaced/repaired/serviced you would think I'm a liar.
And now, since a couple a weeks, it's running really great and is very comfy to drive. So, what happens?
The alternator gives up!
Back to square one. |
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rusty69bus
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modern cars are great.................. 
worse than old cars
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