#ZedShed #ZedShed general discussion thread

[MisterP007]

Sounds like a plan!

I must take the time to get up there one day (if you will allow my German-Italian-British cross breed).

 

[g8jka]

ZedShed Bulletin

Just a heads up to all that follow the Zedshed HQ we'll be taking a step back from nut & bolt builds for a while, we'll be going back to doing jobs that can be completed on the day eg: Suspension, Servicing brakes etc.

After the 24 zeds over the last 14months and various cars in-between we need a little break

The speed you go at a rear subframe remove, rebuild and refit is easily only a days work for you guys

 

[Lee]

The speed you go at a rear subframe remove, rebuild and refit is easily only a days work for you guys

It actually is mate, what takes the time is parts and powder coating. We normally break a build down Into sections. Day to strip and a day to rebuild. Day to underseal and repair plus a day to remove the gearbox and rebuild plus refit.

This also relies on a full team of 4. We all have a part to play and you really notice if one person is not around. We’ve done a few in the past all in one day, all new bushes lines etc just makes it a 10am-7pm for all 4 of us. Remember we don’t get paid doing this so this only happens when the stars align.

 

[Stevo7682]

@Lee is that the stars or the rolls and bacon ,coffee and doughnuts that need to align

 

[pgunter]

@Lee is that the stars or the rolls and bacon ,coffee and doughnuts that need to align

if the coffee is wrong they toys get thrown…. Plain and simple.

 

[2DunnsZ3]

wish so bad I could jump the pound with my Z just to let Lee get his hands on it.

 

[Lee]

Ever wonder what to do if a drive shaft nut is so rotten it won’t undo???? We found out the hard way.

Said knackered nut.

20 mins later and a dead arm.

it then took a 25ton press to remove the spline from the bearing.

Headache over.

 

[Stevo7682]

A lot of extra work there Lee.
How many hacksaw blades to cut through that

Stephen.

 

[Lee]

A lot of extra work there Lee.
How many hacksaw blades to cut through that

Stephen.

Only two blades luckily. Most of our stuff is industrial grade these are what’s left from when I worked offshore.

 

[Stevo7682]

Bet your glad you still had them

 

[Mazza]

Bloody hell …when you go for it … you dont f**k about . And to think I’ve let you work on parts for both of my cars …..

But in all honesty , any of the Zed sheds are the only people I would trust to work on my cars….

 

[t-tony]

You’re more than qualified Malc with all the work you have detailed on here mate.

Tony.

 

[spurs fan in a coupe]

Ever wonder what to do if a drive shaft nut is so rotten it won’t undo???? We found out the hard way.

Said knackered nut.
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20 mins later and a dead arm.
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it then took a 25ton press to remove the spline from the bearing.
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Headache over.

Which ever cretin gave you that arm needs shooting - although…. You could do with the exercise!

 

[Lee]

Which ever cretin gave you that arm needs shooting - although…. You could do with the exercise!

He also owes me a few quid from snapping a 24” breaker bar.

 

[spurs fan in a coupe]

He also owes me a few quid from snapping a 24” breaker bar.
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Buy cheap, buy twice my dad always said.

 

[t-tony]

Buy cheap, buy twice my dad always said.

Very true but even Snap-On Mac Tools or even Facom have a breaking point, this is why even most cheaper tools have a "life time" warranty. That is what quality tools built their reputations on.

Tony.

 

[Lee]

After having to cut that hub off we finally got the arms ready for blasting and coating. We’re also going to try out the Zinc repair process with coating to see if we can start saving tired trailing arms.

One pair has a few holes.

Then both wide body sets ready to be dropped in Monday.

@spurs fan in a coupe also dropped in some more bits for coating so we quickly got two more beams stripped.

be interesting to see how these come up.

10mins later 4 bushes removed with 12 tons of force.

 

[spurs fan in a coupe]

12 tonnes of force, sounds like passing a stool after a fibre shortage

 

[MisterP007]

12 tonnes of force, sounds like passing a stool after a fibre shortage

Too much information Andy!

 

[Lee]

Two subframe sets dropped off. Let’s see if we have a way to repair trailing arms with holes in. Fingers crossed.