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Caterham Build Tips
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Throughout the build I am
hoping to detail tips and tricks to make building a Caterham
easier. This will be aimed at the more novice mechanic
(such as me) and hopefully where possible include pictures
or diagrams. If you
have a tip or trick that you feel any builders would be
interested in please email me at
robert_margel@hotmail.com .
| 1.
Prep Your Garage |
| Make sure your garage is
sorted, cleaned with electricity and enough lights (see
my garage) |
| 2.
Use Trestles vs axle stands |
If
you can get hold of a set of trestles rather than axle
stands you can have the car at a higher level whilst you
are working on it. I borrowed these from
Darren Elmslie. |
| 3.
Reduce the chance of scratches |
By
removing the front bonnet springs and masking up the
holes where the suspension and steering will be fitted. |
| 4.
Buy a Dremmel Multi |
| To reduce time and labour
filing bits down to fit (Steve Newman) |
| 5.
Don't fit the wishbones on the wrong side. |
I
managed to fit the top wishbones on the wrong side
(which are the first parts to be added!) although
obvious afterwards it wasn't until I fitted the uprights
that my schoolboy error was spotted. |
| 6.
Top front wishbone mount |
| Mistakenly I added
washers to the top front wishbone fixing, this is wrong
as if you do this the nyloc will not be fully attached.
Thanks to SimonP for spotting this. |
| 7.
Be prepared |
| Over the first 2 days I
had to make 2 trips to halfords to buy 'extras' such as
copper slip and silicon sealant. |
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