A couple of 'mechanical' days

[Chris_in_the_UK]

Well. I finally managed to get some diary space to do some of the jobs on the Cayman.

First up was the suspension and handbrake shoes. As usual this ended up being slightly more involved than firs thought!.

Car was put off the ground and all wheels removed.

First job was to strip the rear brake calipers off to get access to the discs and ultimately the handbrake assemblies. Gotta be careful with those PCCB rotors!.

Once everything was safely off it was time to have a bit of a clean up before the new shoes went in. I used a product called Alubright to clean the hubs and associated alloy parts - it is very good, but you MUST protect the finished parts once you have scrubbed and rinsed them. For this I used Jet Laq which seems to be just the thing as it does not leave a greasy residue.

This shot is taken during the cleaning.

All nice and clean and the new Pagid handbrake shoes installed on the offside.

Took most of the day with at the cleaning and associated work found along the way.

Next up is the third radiator installation - I will post pictures along the way.

 

[Giff]

Good work there and what an interesting product the "jet laq" is. I use Vht lacquer on anything I don't want to paint black with por 15 products, the jet laq seems much easier to use.

 

[Chris_in_the_UK]

It is very easy to use - not too expensive either.

ORIGINAL: Giff Good work there and what an interesting product the "jet laq" is. I use Vht lacquer on anything I don't want to paint black with por 15 products, the jet laq seems much easier to use.

 

[vitesse]

Whilst I have a 3 car garage in length,the working area is slightly congested like yours appears to be (the wide part has my MGB GT awaiting ongoing restoration in it) so pleased to see you coping in that space--recently during this better weather I have been doing similar jobs outside -so much better to be able to spread out a little (until it rains[&o]) Pity about the garage floor paint job-standards are slipping[]-looks like the handbrake system hasn't changed from 924 days with those pesky circular dowels in the mechanism-on our 964,someone had lost one & replaced with a small bolt-which explained why the handbrake was no good on one side-still great to see someone DIYing on a very modern car[]

 

[Motorhead]

Well done Chris - always interesting to see your "Cayman projects". Like Colin and your good self, there's hardly enough room to swing a cat in my garage - barely space for me to get in and out of the car (and I'm slim.!) - making even removing the wheels a job for out of doors. Did the handbrake shoes really need replacing? Too many handbrake turns perhaps..? Jeff

 

[Chris_in_the_UK]

Interesting Q Jeff - a big 'NO' to the handbrake turns! [] When I got the car 18 months ago I ended up with a broken handbrake spring about 3 months into ownership - this was fixed, but I always had it in my mind that I ought to swap the shoes out at some point. I left it and left it since all was well and then one night casually browsing Ebay a set popped up with a £20 BIN price - the result are the earlier photo's.

ORIGINAL: Motorhead Well done Chris - always interesting to see your "Cayman projects". Like Colin and your good self, there's hardly enough room to swing a cat in my garage - barely space for me to get in and out of the car (and I'm slim.!) - making even removing the wheels a job for out of doors. Did the handbrake shoes really need replacing? Too many handbrake turns perhaps..? Jeff