| Author | Message | ||
| dave handa (Davehanda)
Intermediate Member Username: Davehanda Post Number: 2199 Registered: 5-2001 |
How are the EBC GS pads? | ||
| Dave (Dave)
Member Username: Dave Post Number: 664 Registered: 4-2001 |
Stock size Dave, I had installed the front rotors a little while back but have yet to do the rears. The pads are EBC Greenstuff. | ||
| dave handa (Davehanda)
Intermediate Member Username: Davehanda Post Number: 2197 Registered: 5-2001 |
Way cool Dave, what pads will you use? These are stock calipers yes? | ||
| Dave (Dave)
Member Username: Dave Post Number: 663 Registered: 4-2001 |
The rotors are Brembos from Race Technologies Rear rotor  Front Rotor  New undercoating over seams and repaint  | ||
| Robert Johnson (Carb308)
New member Username: Carb308 Post Number: 35 Registered: 12-2001 |
I rebuilt my rack last year (308). No big deal, just takes time. The seal for the pinion thet connects to the steering shaft & wheel is a Honda gear shift case seal for a bike. The part number on my receipt is 91203-KK3-830. The description is Oil Seal 14mm x 22mm x 5mm. Fits like a glove, no leaks. Make sure to change the rack bushing inside the housing on the passenger's side. These are quite prone to failure because of the soft material that they are made of. You can get an uprated one from Norwood in Dallas. Ask for James, he will know what you need and is very helpfull. | ||
| dave handa (Davehanda)
Intermediate Member Username: Davehanda Post Number: 2194 Registered: 5-2001 |
Well, begs the question...what brand on the rotors, who sold them, and who drilled them? | ||
| David Feinberg (Fastradio2)
Member Username: Fastradio2 Post Number: 406 Registered: 4-2002 |
Dave, Most interesting...Thank you. I'm thinking about new/rebuilt shocks for my BB, as a Winter project, and am looking for possible alternatives to the OE Konis. Best of luck with your suspension overhaul. Regards, David | ||
| Dave (Dave)
Member Username: Dave Post Number: 662 Registered: 4-2001 |
David, the shocks are from QA-1 Motorsport, They sent me the non-adjustable rebound and compression shock by mistake, but I thought what the heck as little as they cost I would try them out and see how they worked. The springs are from Eibach. 325lbs front 275lbs rear.     | ||
| David Feinberg (Fastradio2)
Member Username: Fastradio2 Post Number: 405 Registered: 4-2002 |
Dave, Who's shocks are those...and are they externally adjustable for rebound and compression? H&R springs?? Thanks, David | ||
| Dave (Dave)
Member Username: Dave Post Number: 661 Registered: 4-2001 |
Regular sanding, degreasing, prime/paint... Can hardly wait to put it all back together. 26 year old shock  New shock  New Rotor  New Lines  | ||
| dave handa (Davehanda)
Intermediate Member Username: Davehanda Post Number: 2190 Registered: 5-2001 |
BTW, factory racks are pretty reasonably priced at Ferrari UK. I got one for my 328 for $800 delivered (includes new rod ends). Versus having my 16yo one rebushed, I figured I would spend a few hundred more and get "new". | ||
| 1987 Jerry (Slag_328gts)
Member Username: Slag_328gts Post Number: 343 Registered: 9-2003 |
Looks great Dave - Did you also use something to clean up the area?? | ||
| Dave (Dave)
Member Username: Dave Post Number: 659 Registered: 4-2001 |
That would be the one Russ... I have been meaning to install it for a couple of years now, so I decided to do the entire bottom end for my winter project. | ||
| Russ Turner (Snj5)
Member Username: Snj5 Post Number: 668 Registered: 2-2003 |
Dave Would love to hear how the new quick rack works out. This is the one from Superformance? thanks rt | ||
| Hans E. Hansen (4re_gt4)
Intermediate Member Username: 4re_gt4 Post Number: 1763 Registered: 4-2002 |
No, Philip, it's the shaft seal. I can't remember if the motorcycle part is all that is available anymore, or if it simply is cheaper and easier to find. I'll have to do an archive search, as the subject came up here a year or so ago. The cover you speak of is leaking, too. End boots are dry, but it leaks like a sieve everywhere else! | ||
| Dave (Dave)
Member Username: Dave Post Number: 655 Registered: 4-2001 |
Thought I'd post what that area looks like two days later... Frame area after clean up  upper with new bushings, also shows mod area to arm clearing new springs & shocks.  upper with 26 year old bushings  Still a long way to go... | ||
| Philip Airey (Pma1010)
Member Username: Pma1010 Post Number: 491 Registered: 7-2002 |
Hans There is a cover which from memory takes a silicon seal. I don't think you'll be able to reach the securing nuts while it is in the car, but you might be able to disconnect the steering rod, loosen the mountings and rotate the rack enough to remove the cover and re-do the silicon. I believe the "Honda part" you refer to is the passenger side bushing which does tend to go. I had mine honed out and a new (custom) bushing pressed in and honed to fit. | ||
| Dave (Dave)
Member Username: Dave Post Number: 653 Registered: 4-2001 |
I'm headed out of town tomorrow, but will be rebuilding my rack when I get back home next week... I will be putting in the new fast turn 2.5 lock to lock rack & pinion, new gators and track rod ends. But the rest of the suspension is getting a go through as well. | ||
| Hans E. Hansen (4re_gt4)
Intermediate Member Username: 4re_gt4 Post Number: 1762 Registered: 4-2002 |
Mine leaks from the 'input shaft' seal. OK, bad terminology. The leak is on the part that eventually connects to the steering wheel. I've heard that there is a motorcycle part (Honda?) that is a good replacement for this seal, but either the rack has to come out, or else you have to be a contortionist to reach the offending part. | ||
| Philip Airey (Pma1010)
Member Username: Pma1010 Post Number: 490 Registered: 7-2002 |
I have done mine. It is not a difficult thing to remove. Just be careful with the spines and releasing the endlinks from the steering arms/hub. All told I seem to recall it was a couple of hours to pull out for a "weekend mechanic" (me). Quicker second time through or if you are a more accomplished wrench. Where is the rack leaking from? If it is the gators, you probably don't need to pull the rack out of the car. If the bushings need replacing (like mine did), you do. HTH | ||
| Hans E. Hansen (4re_gt4)
Intermediate Member Username: 4re_gt4 Post Number: 1759 Registered: 4-2002 |
How long would this take for an amateur machanic? Minutes? Hours? Days? | ||
| Dave (Dave)
Member Username: Dave Post Number: 645 Registered: 4-2001 |
This is a 308, but you get the idea...  | ||
| Dave (Dave)
Member Username: Dave Post Number: 644 Registered: 4-2001 |
David, you need to pull the front wheels off then you can get to the nuts from either side. | ||
| David Watkins (Ferrari_328_uk)
New member Username: Ferrari_328_uk Post Number: 2 Registered: 10-2003 |
The steering rack is leaking on my 328 but i cannot see how you get to replace it.I have taken the bottom cover off but you still cannot reach the bolts which hold the rack in place.Tech info required. |