Lan-Front axle, brakes, bearings, wheel hub,...and rear brakes too

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i could guess that it was for electrical "flow" but never have seen it on any car ….
do the spindles have a carbon tip as in distributors ? :D
 

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not finding a lot of reactions on this topic, it might be too much common,...no worries

i continue finishing the elements and so started assembly:

found the LH suspension arm without a hole for the castellated nut, so i produced one,...(a 4 hours job as the first drill bit broke inside, pfew...!)

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consider that these nuts must be fixed when the car is on wheels,
 

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i gave a couple of minutes to understand how the hand brake regulator works, as this are is usually closed by the rear disk and you have to work through the big hole

essentially moving the roulete UP pushes the bolt out, thus the brake elements separate one from each other and the disk is blocked

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see this video too:

 
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It's still fun to watch routine maintenance...especially when you clean and refinish every part..:). I'm guilty of the same thing...people wonder why I strip, clean, and refinish all the unseen parts... Well, because I know it's in there and I'll know it's clean!! LOL. Great work!
-Stephen
 

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It's still fun to watch routine maintenance...especially when you clean and refinish every part..:). I'm guilty of the same thing...people wonder why I strip, clean, and refinish all the unseen parts... Well, because I know it's in there and I'll know it's clean!! LOL. Great work!
-Stephen

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plus those damm unseen parts are responsible of safety...
 

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Amazing, hats off to your attention to finish. I confess I'm not so cleanly, or godly!!

Did the same job about 10 years back, on an early E24, but to a much much lower standard of finish
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One thing I did do was to check the run out of the brake discs, often "warped" discs just have a bit of muck on the hub surface

I do remember the struggle to free corroded caliper pistons, urghhh
 

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just a word of advice, the thread of the flared nut of the brake line should be as clean as possible, so it will be possible to insert it by hand, avoiding forcing the threads,
a trick: to find the starting of the thread you can undo the nut (counter clock wise) over the hole, when you feel the little bump, that is the start

then you can finish it with the appropriate brake tool, a tip: better to have a drip and to have to do the nut twice, than to destroy the thread beacuse too much torque applied

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place the line accomodate so the tip can be easily introduced, leave the caliper bolts a bit loose so you can move the caliper

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just a word of advice, the thread of the flared nut of the brake line should be as clean as possible, so it will be possible to insert it by hand, avoiding forcing the threads,
a trick: to find the starting of the thread you can undo the nut (counter clock wise) over the hole, when you feel the little bump, that is the start

then you can finish it with the appropriate brake tool, a tip: better to have a drip and to have to do the nut twice, than to destroy the thread beacuse too much torque applied
 

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Thanks for the write up. Interesting to see the internals of the front hub. I haven't tackled those yet.

I too wonder about the copper coloured circular springs, are they in my car, and if not, could they cause my garage radio to have massive inteference even though the car hasn' t actually moved in 5 years?


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