Neglected to blog about changing a torn CV boot on the rally FX a couple weeks ago. At the time it seemed a minor thing. Turns out it wasn’t. It looks like it was torn because the joint was extending past where it should, and today in my seventh balls out run, the joint popped. After the event we pushed it to the pit area and I was hoping maybe to just pop it back together. No such luck, all the big balls in the joint were gone. Sigh, looks like another call to the tow truck! At least its an easy repair, if I can find the part! And again while it was working, the FX was posting awesome times. To add insult to injury, or rather injury to the insult, I jammed my right index finger into the steering wheel again. The knuckle is now inflamed and sore.
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Been testing the neighbor’s good will the past few days, been working on fixing the rally FX. Here’s the failure. Drew up plans for plates to repair those flanges. My thought was to cut them out and weld the plates in. Took the plans to Universal on thursday and they had them donr friday, but with work and traffic I could get there in time to pick them up. In the meantime I thought about the repair some more. I decided that my initial plan put too much at stake on my skills at welding and fabricating to line everything up and make it strong. The plan now was to weld the plates on the side of the existing flanges. There’s no clearance issues and I’d just have to source longer bolts. Continue reading ‘Grind em’