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  1. Drive Shaft, Brake OH, etc 09

    by , 09-11-2014 at 11:13 AM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)

    Once again, big thank you to Goodridge for their continued support for the NSXCB members based in UK.
    Custom made brake lines in NSXCB spec assembled and tested by Goodridge Exeter office.

    There are off-the-shelf kits available from Goodridge but it doesn't have 2 x line locator/holder at the front
    and it's too short for the later spec rear caliper/bracket ...
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  2. Drive Shaft, Brake OH, etc 08

    by , 06-11-2014 at 12:53 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)
    Not much to report once the drive shaft has been refurbished.

    Cleaned the mating surface of the hub at the back and the surrounding area.
    Checked and cleaned the wheel speed sensor tip inside the hub carrier and then installed the refurbished drive shaft with new C-ring.
    After applying silicone grease on the body of all bolts to prevent oxidation/seizure, tightened all suspension bush related bolts and nuts under 1G and done.




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  3. Drive Shaft, Brake OH, etc 07

    by , 03-11-2014 at 10:36 AM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)


    What a busy weekend.......

    Only had short free time on Sunday so quick reassembly of the drive shaft.

    I didn't want to touch my mobile phone camera while dealing with that smelly custard cream CV grease so just the end result.

    Set the proper offset at 60deg between inboard and outboard spiders, filled the joint housing with the smelly grease, installed each rollers in original direction at their original position, adjusted the amount of air ...
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  4. Drive Shaft, Brake OH, etc 06

    by , 02-11-2014 at 04:40 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)





    My eyes..... Planting hundreds of pin bearing hurts.
    At my age, I started having trouble looking at objects too close so not good for my eyes....


    On top of this, the smell of this custard like CV grease..... I hate this and ...
  5. Drive Shaft, Brake OH, etc 05

    by , 02-11-2014 at 04:34 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)





    Right side drive shaft off the car and cleaned the area to this level. Lots of microfibre cloth used and my fingers sore....


    Despite loosing so much grease, surprisingly, the internal drive shaft parts were in good conditions. Better ...