Re: Eddie Honda's wheels of steel (and occasionally alloy)
Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2024 6:52 pm
Honda Jizz update - 208k+
Pulled the trigger last night and booked a NCT for Sat 13th April. There were appointments added to the online system for a block starting Mon 8th April, but I can't be doing with a mid-week one with everything going on.
Motor Tax is due at the end of the month, but I splashed out for another quarter (€108). I must have nearly forty discs rammed in the holder now. System still doesn't stop you buying the damn things even without a valid roadworthyness ticket. They just want your fucking money.
My Coke can repair viewtopic.php?p=207412#p207412 of the exhaust heat shield had given up. Lasted just over a year and a half. Corrosion had eaten through some of the very thin sheet.
Whilst taking it off...
Cock. One of the bolt heads sheared off. So MOAR work.
Also the brown bit directly above the exhaust is a bit of seam sealer / underseal missing. Better sort that out too before I have a Drum pile of rust.
I checked all the levels and tyre pressures. Added some screenwash and mibbie 300ml of oil. Brake fluid not dropped at all either, so it was just the one leaking caliper and nothing else that was causing it last time.
Turned my attention to the ARB drop links as there as been an annoying rattle for a while now.
NSF, nothing seems amiss here. If there is any play in the bottom joint, it's hardly noticeable.
OSF, this'll be it then
Closer inspection
Something for the shopping list. Might splash out on Honda ones rather than Great Bunch of Lads six-month specials. I'll see how much they are chiselling folk for.
Didn't get a proper look, but whilst Honda Jr 2 was rocking the steering, there may well be a bit of play in the inner rods or outer track rod ends. I need to have a good butchers with it me under it.
Anyway, will have to pull my finger out and play catch-up now I have set a deadline on testing this.
Pulled the trigger last night and booked a NCT for Sat 13th April. There were appointments added to the online system for a block starting Mon 8th April, but I can't be doing with a mid-week one with everything going on.
Motor Tax is due at the end of the month, but I splashed out for another quarter (€108). I must have nearly forty discs rammed in the holder now. System still doesn't stop you buying the damn things even without a valid roadworthyness ticket. They just want your fucking money.
My Coke can repair viewtopic.php?p=207412#p207412 of the exhaust heat shield had given up. Lasted just over a year and a half. Corrosion had eaten through some of the very thin sheet.
Whilst taking it off...
Cock. One of the bolt heads sheared off. So MOAR work.
Also the brown bit directly above the exhaust is a bit of seam sealer / underseal missing. Better sort that out too before I have a Drum pile of rust.
I checked all the levels and tyre pressures. Added some screenwash and mibbie 300ml of oil. Brake fluid not dropped at all either, so it was just the one leaking caliper and nothing else that was causing it last time.
Turned my attention to the ARB drop links as there as been an annoying rattle for a while now.
NSF, nothing seems amiss here. If there is any play in the bottom joint, it's hardly noticeable.
OSF, this'll be it then
Closer inspection
Something for the shopping list. Might splash out on Honda ones rather than Great Bunch of Lads six-month specials. I'll see how much they are chiselling folk for.
Didn't get a proper look, but whilst Honda Jr 2 was rocking the steering, there may well be a bit of play in the inner rods or outer track rod ends. I need to have a good butchers with it me under it.
Anyway, will have to pull my finger out and play catch-up now I have set a deadline on testing this.