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  1. Brake Master Cyl, Goodridge Brake Line

    by , 24-02-2012 at 10:37 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)



    This time, we are going to replace the master cyl and the brake lines.

    Considering the unknown state of the master cyl, decided to replace it rather than
    overhauling it.

    Thank you to continuous support from Goodridge for the custom made brake lines
    using the NSXCB special parts no..
    Details are covered in here;
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  2. Drive Shaft 04

    by , 23-02-2012 at 10:28 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)





    Lowered the chassis to the ground and torqued the spindle nut to the spec.
    Then, using the drive shaft chisel, staked the spindle nut to lock it.


    Suspension area bolts and nuts torqued under 1G in preparation to visit the alignment platform next week.

    Drive shaft service done and moving onto the brake area.
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  3. Drive Shaft 03

    by , 22-02-2012 at 10:17 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)

    [Edit: CV Boot band installation
    TSB98-018Driveshaft.pdf]


    In case someone worked on the drive shaft in the past,
    double check the tripod offset between the inboard and outboard joints.
    There should be 60deg offset as you can see above.




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    Updated 14-03-2012 at 12:41 AM by Kaz-kzukNA1 (Attached CV Boot Band installation procedure pdf file.)

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    Driveshaft
  4. Drive Shaft 02

    by , 21-02-2012 at 10:46 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)





    Started to overhaul the drive shaft.

    Cleaned the joint housing to this level for inspection.

    The roller, tripod/spider, housing, shaft are specially heat treated
    and hardened several times so you must place each parts in their
    original direction/position on reassembly.

    The original grease was already
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    Driveshaft
  5. NSX Concept model

    by , 21-02-2012 at 01:17 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)




    In January, I received an email from Honda regarding the display of NSX Concept model at the Headquarters showroom in Aoyama, Tokyo, Japan on the first weekend of February.


    Although I couldn’t make it, there were lots of video clips posted on YouTube.

    One example;








    Not much point in discussing about the detail of the design ...