brakes! and a soft pedal.

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Re: brakes! and a soft pedal.

Post by robbie1985 » Tue Jun 23, 2015 11:51 am

how do you go about setting the steering lock? i have the car up on a tramp on thursday and saturday so can do it then.
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Re: brakes! and a soft pedal.

Post by twiss » Tue Jun 23, 2015 12:55 pm

The steering is stopped by one of the nuts that holds the backing plate onto the hub.
If you look at the back of the hub there are a load of the 12mm headed bolts going all the way around the hub.
One of them stops the steering turning any further
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Re: brakes! and a soft pedal.

Post by gamble63 » Tue Jun 23, 2015 1:12 pm

sticking brake pads? ive just had a similar thing on the sj and one of the pads was getting jammed. probs not it?
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Re: brakes! and a soft pedal.

Post by Rhinoman » Tue Jun 23, 2015 1:22 pm

If you have a look around the steering linkage the adjuster is quite easy to spot, its a bolt and locknut.
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Re: brakes! and a soft pedal.

Post by ROBBIE » Tue Jun 23, 2015 7:24 pm

robbie1985 wrote:how do you go about setting the steering lock? i have the car up on a tramp on thursday and saturday so can do it then.
Not something to brag about :hahaha:
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Re: brakes! and a soft pedal.

Post by robbie1985 » Wed Jun 24, 2015 11:59 am

ROBBIE wrote:
robbie1985 wrote:how do you go about setting the steering lock? i have the car up on a tramp on thursday and saturday so can do it then.
Not something to brag about :hahaha:
well spotted! thats made me chuckle. :hahaha:
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Re: brakes! and a soft pedal.

Post by robbie1985 » Wed Jun 24, 2015 12:01 pm

twiss wrote:The steering is stopped by one of the nuts that holds the backing plate onto the hub.
If you look at the back of the hub there are a load of the 12mm headed bolts going all the way around the hub.
One of them stops the steering turning any further
well that explains it! the backing plate has rotted away on that side and the passenger side is close to the end. i was going to fit new ones when i stripped and cleaned the front hubs.

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