love the little touches mate ,finishing it off lovely..i put a lot of hard graft into that one.....it was dropped off here on a flat bed ruff as u like with the engine hanging out lol.....i waxed oiled the whole thing and painted the beams etc,brand new carpets fitted ,new gear box mounts and lots more stuff ...should be good to last you many years mate,i was gonna have a special mike exhaust made for that one that had skulls as the end piece ,but obviously sold it before getting done ...but looks nice mate and its still got the little decals the predator on the dash in carbon love it ....

cheers chris, you did a mint job underneath mate ... still looks spotless - the waxoil looks fresh still !! ... got some alternative seats in the pipeline, just got to work out the mount frames first 

bought some new shocks today ... as it's very hard at the min ... my knackered old back can't take it .. lol

so today has been very eventful ... I popped over to the garage to have the shocks swapped over  ..... simples !


also changed the oil out at the same time .....


then mentioned the pinch bolt as the next job on the list ..................................  .............. disaster then struck.

the bolt was not tight, so we tightened it - great ! ...... no not great 

the thread was stripped !

ok - change bolt

so we changed the bolt. 

next bolt (high tensile) ...... still stripped off the threads 

lets see why 

turns out after much checking & turning the wheel that the u-clamp is not gripping enough to stop the spline spinning in the upper steering column...............

had to strip half the front end off to get the column out .... 



then the garage had to close for the day ........ great

took the parts home and have tried my best to make things not slip & spin under force.

cut some grooves into the shaft........ this is part way through operation - get into the groove !!!

it was totally smooth & offering no grip whatsoever.


cleaned out all the splines..... feels much rougher to the fingers now.


roughed up the pinch clamp inside.

just ordered some high tensile bolts, washers & nyloc nuts ..... so hopefully the combination of every thing will be good to go 

got to try to drop the bits back to the garage on Monday & let them see if it all works.

this is how it is now .... when I try to spin it by hand it does NOT move any more anywhere ...... & this is without the pinch bolt fitted.

do you guys think this will fix the problem ??  ??

The Pinch bolt on the U clamp is a nut and bolt, and not just a bolt as there is no captive thread on the U clamp (if that makes sense?)

A high tensile nut and bolt should certainly tighten the U clamp up enough to grip the splines..

The Pinch bolt on the U clamp is a nut and bolt, and not just a bolt as there is no captive thread on the U clamp (if that makes sense?)

A high tensile nut and bolt should certainly tighten the U clamp up enough to grip the splines..

the bolt we removed was in seriously bad shape ... all the threads were chewed beyond use ..obviously had been tightened beyond its limits with the nut.... I was only referring to the bolt so much, as this was the bit that also kept on chewing when we tried alternatives.
but the cause seems to be that the is no grip between the two sections of the steering column that the clamp is holding.

so I've been a little bit busy when I got the chance to make use of the nice weather..... decided to swap out the seats



test fitted the replacements......







all good so far.





replaced the skate wheel for a red jobbie ... & fitted some shiny pedals also

next up was the number plate light......







fitted some bolt lights ... & raised the plate up higher too ... fitted a fan belt cover & some red bolt washers



much cleaner to look at now ... very pleased with my efforts

The new seats look the biz 

New seat, 5 million times better 

cheers guys .... I think I made the right choice .... really do suit it 

Hi
What site did u get your seats from they are what Im looking for, also did the side pods come with the build or did u have them made thinking on some for my LWB.
mancityjeff

Hi
What site did u get your seats from they are what Im looking for, also did the side pods come with the build or did u have them made thinking on some for my LWB.
mancityjeff

ebay

It's the accelerator that's piquing my interest. I'm having a roller in mine but the two 'real rollers' I have are a bit crap. Years ago I had a roller skate wheel on a beetle and it was great. I'll probably do the same.

What have you done with yours - it's hard to tell from the picture?

It's the accelerator that's piquing my interest. I'm having a roller in mine but the two 'real rollers' I have are a bit crap. Years ago I had a roller skate wheel on a beetle and it was great. I'll probably do the same.

What have you done with yours - it's hard to tell from the picture?

the wheel system was already fitted when I bought the buggy, it used to have a blue wheel fitted to it. all I have done is replace with a red wheel & made it more secure & less wobbly by packing with washers........ works a treat now 

if you get a chance, can you take some photos of the fixing points for the harnesses on the back, I want to see what the release bracket looks like on the harness 

if you get a chance, can you take some photos of the fixing points for the harnesses on the back, I want to see what the release bracket looks like on the harness 

is the weekend ok for you ? ....... i don't finish early enough in the week