front brakes done!

Yesterday I installed the discs and calipers on the front beam:
right side:
Gesten wurden die Bremsscheiben und Bremszangen installiert und angeschlossen - rechts:

(grease cap is also already mounted) Fettkappe ist auch schon 'dran!

 

... and left side: ... - und links:

even the brake lines are attached and connected! ... auch die Bremsschläuche sind schon angeschlossen!

(the keen eyed might have seen the calipers and discs somewhere else before...)
(ganz scharfe Beobachter haben die Scheiben und Zangen schon mal irgendwo anders gesehen....)

front beam already mounted!

Today I prepared some parts for the Streaker, when my buddy Ralf come for a visit. After some chit chat we mounted the readily prepared front beam. Than I attached all the tie rods, a new steering damper etc., look:
Heute war ich in der Garage und habe ein paar Teile für den Streaker vorbereitet, als mein Kumpel Ralf vorbeikam. Nach dem obligatorischen Kaffee und den üblichen "Fachgesprächen" hat er mir noch schnell geholfen die vorbereitete Vorderachse anzuschrauben. Anschliessend habe ich noch den Lenkarm, die Spurstangen und einen neuen Lenkungsdämpfer montiert:

 ... maybe it will be a rolling chassis by the end of the week?
... vielleicht wird es ja bis zum Wochenende ein "rolling Chassis"?

a prductive Sunday!

Wow, today I managed to mount almost the complete stuff onto the pan!
Here are some parts I started with:

pedal cluster mounted:

Master brake cylinder and pedal stop bracket attached:

a new shift rod bushing:

the most important part of the build: the chromed hand brake lever, incl. new brake cables:

the battery hold down bracket:

shift rod and coupler:

frame head cover plate, incl. new gasket:

also, all brake lines are routed. Here I used the old trick again and added pieces of rubber hose to avoid rattling issues:

all the new / refurbished cadmium plated hard ware looks nice and shiny:

right front brake line and new 8mm fuel line, routed through the tunnel:

spot the failure!

During a late night assembly session I worked on the front beam, what went wrong here? - can you spot the failure (besides the incorrect, not fully seated arm position?)

 ... for whatever reason I used 2 upper arms - there is no stud for damper on the lower arm ...
this is how it should look like:

some progress on the Streaker...

The IRS arms have the bump stop fixations again:

 here with the bump stop attached,

and here the fixation itself.

The Chassis is in primer and sealed on all seams, I am just painting it!

back from the blaster...

In the meantime I collected the floorpan, IRS arms and various bits and pieces from the Master Blaster, Jens Kraft: http://www.sandstrahltechnik-kraft.de/

Here the pan, in a fresh coat of primer, still in the Master's workshop:

parts are looking good again, powder coated or zinc plated:

 the IRS arms:

unfortunately, the bump stop anchors were rusted away:

but, luckily there is an easy cure for that:

 So, I will drill a centered hole in the domes and screw on new anchors!

some work on the Streaker

I de-skinned an old decklid to have special bracket for the streaker decklid:

and today I hauled the chassis to the Master Blaster:

... of course I also took a lot of other bits for new zinc plating / powder coating as well:

(the tie rods are not bend, it is only in the pic...)

the crappy Taiwanese chrome plating has to go!

I am sure those parts will be better as new again... stay tuned for updates...