Disco Tray back build

Looking good, I'm also surprised how much difference this makes!

I'm fairly certain Gwyn Lewis sells the wide angle a-frame joint already pressed into the bracket to save you struggling if you don't have a decent hydraulic press yourself...

Yeh he does but there A lot more moneys,
Joint is arriving tomorow so will see how it goes..

I found a 12ton press (a small one basibally) to be ok but had to hammer on the housing to shock it to get it to move the ball out

Using a 50ton or similar is a sheer delight though tbh

Gana have to be a vice and hammer job

You'll need heat then!

Anyway, if you've got a spare it's not too bad but even so these are ridiculously seized sometimes

Remove the retaining bolts and slice the ears off the ball joint plate

Rest the bracket on some sturdy wood or I beam on the portion where you removed the ears

Then proceed to beat that bad boy with a sledge

Air chisel may help to destroy the joint so you can remove it in pieces but meh

Akso a brave mate to steady everything up would be helpful

Doing the math its about 3.5 inch more drop at the end of the wheel, which looks about right.

Nooooooo!!!!!!
Didn't mention it was ****part lol!!

MaxyMan said:

Nooooooo!!!!!!
Didn't mention it was ****part lol!!

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What's that?

The joint is britpart lol don't matter.
Any tips on pressing the new one in lol??

MaxyMan said:

The joint is britpart lol don't matter.
Any tips on pressing the new one in lol??

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What the X-Eng kit? Wouldn't have thought so.. but you never know.

New one goes in easy, bit of cleaning up rust etc and easy press with large socket etc

Yeh arrived in britpart box lol. Got it all pressed in,
Now bloody struggling lining the diff with it lol..

MaxyMan said:

Yeh arrived in britpart box lol. Got it all pressed in,
Now bloody struggling lining the diff with it lol..

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That's weird.. don't think mine did, will check.
Has it got the adjustable screw on top?

Yeh it does. All in and sorted now!

Did you adjust yours in anyway or just left it as it come?

Hmmm... Interesting, I feel a bit let down.. I hope that X-Eng have done some kind of quality testing before branding it under their name!

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Did you adjust yours in anyway or just left it as it come?

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Yes it was nice and tight to start with.

Yeh I know what you mean. I got it off their eBay page not the web page wonder if this differs?

On the eBay page it isn't listed as the x eng wide angle ball but just adjustable a frame joint. It does say it has more articulation angle the same as it says on the webpage. I'm not sure if there's any difference between the two to be honest?

hmm.. interesting