Can't afford an axle rebuild at the moment, that will def be something for the near future though!

i know how you feel mate.buy my sd1 bits when ive done mega O/T.been to rimmers today and bought their recon axle.Ive a bit to do on it though before its fit to grace my car.Ie blast it clean properly and weld at least one new cup on it(ones a bit rotten to say the least)and then etch,prime and top coat.Shouldnt have to i know,but at least the diff and preloads are sorted .i can do the other bits myself.I did get a good deal from rimmers today and very good service from chris dennis.Heck of journey though !speak soon ttfn jj

Sorted the trailing arms today, found out that there were washers on the drivers side only, very odd! Had to get the grinder out & grind the washers off to make it fit properly. The passenger side was a different matter, found the remains of axle cups there, decided not to bother with axle cups for now, can't really afford them at the moment so will get some next month after the car is MOT'd, my old 2600 VDP never had any axle cups either & had no problems with the handling there....
Also the bolts holding the bracket on to the passenger side were almost buggered! Managed to get one out but the other was rounded off! Ended up hammering the bracket round to get at the bolt holding the arm in. All good now though!

well in rimmers aint got the cups yet till 14th feb.JJ

That's ok then, I will def fit some soon, but at the moment I'm just concentrating on getting her through the MOT