No good turn goes unpunshed :(
No good turn goes unpunshed :(
probably close to 3 months ago I lent Silverbullet my power steering bracket so he could make a copy as he had discovered that the standard bracket that he had would not do the job when he went to put in his power steering , its in another thread here.
Fast (slow) forward and I totally forget that he still has it, AND he leaves for 5 weeks in the UK mooching off relatives that probably don't realise how much he eats - AND I decide to put the power steering into the silver brumby 2 days before i need to tow a camper trailer away for the long weekend.
Get 2/3rds through the job and "discover" that the standard bracket will not fit - Panic attack at stress city
Then I remember that I stole a second power steering set up 3 weeks ago, and I pray to Murphy that I also got the same bracket at the time - and I had !!!
here are photos of the difference, power steering one is on the left in all photos - interesting that the standard one is all fancy pressed metal with reinforcing flanges etc, and the power steering one is just bent thicker strap metal.
Fast (slow) forward and I totally forget that he still has it, AND he leaves for 5 weeks in the UK mooching off relatives that probably don't realise how much he eats - AND I decide to put the power steering into the silver brumby 2 days before i need to tow a camper trailer away for the long weekend.
Get 2/3rds through the job and "discover" that the standard bracket will not fit - Panic attack at stress city
Then I remember that I stole a second power steering set up 3 weeks ago, and I pray to Murphy that I also got the same bracket at the time - and I had !!!
here are photos of the difference, power steering one is on the left in all photos - interesting that the standard one is all fancy pressed metal with reinforcing flanges etc, and the power steering one is just bent thicker strap metal.
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Bugger!
Glad you got it sorted in the end, apologies for jetting off and leaving you in the lurch. I'm pretty sure I messaged you about it, I should have returned your bracket before I left.
Glad you got it sorted in the end, apologies for jetting off and leaving you in the lurch. I'm pretty sure I messaged you about it, I should have returned your bracket before I left.
Will it ever end!?
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An even bigger stressor is when you have spent hours and hours cleaning, degreasing, painting and installing the Brumby engine X-member.
Fitted the engine, control arms, struts and brakes to it.
AND THEN find out that some Brumby X-members wont accept the power steering rack at all within their mounting points :evil::evil:
Fitted the engine, control arms, struts and brakes to it.
AND THEN find out that some Brumby X-members wont accept the power steering rack at all within their mounting points :evil::evil:
That is dispicable From my experience this is similar to L series!here are photos of the difference, power steering one is on the left in all photos - interesting that the standard one is all fancy pressed metal with reinforcing flanges etc, and the power steering one is just bent thicker strap metal.
+1
My sense of frustration is ready to boil with these types of headachesI've never heard of that happening
J.
Haha, you're a stirer Geoff!
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