Measure Once, Cut Twice: A Story of Excitement and Impatience
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I've only ever seen the Currie with one hole. The second smaller hole on his is the crooked one so that leads me to believe someone other than Currie did that.
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Yeah. That flipping shop that installed my PSC stripped out the fine thread hole and then redrilled (crookedly) another hole and put a course thread 1/2" - 13 in it. That is what I get for using "having no time to work on my rig" as an excuse to ignore the principle of "stop paying other people to fuck your shit up"
In their defense, I have stripped several or enough that I am extremely careful with them and would much prefer something else in there, even a regular flange nut with a small leg of 1/4" rod welded to it.
This is truly one of the best pieces of advice ever!
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Yeah, I don't think the flag nut is hardened. I put a Grade 8 bolt and nut with locktite in there last night while servicing my front JJs.
That shop is a lot more scary than most after seeing the PSC install and the threading job on that flag nut.
My Grandfather used to say something similar. His version was something like this..."Fix it yourself. If you screw it up, you'll know better next time!" He was correct! 
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I'm pretty sure that their work and that TB bolt/nut is the source of my recent return of precession.
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Ok, so precession is finally eliminated. I replaced track bar bolt and nut, upper control arm bolts and nuts and serviced the JJs. My upper JJs weren't in the best of shape. I had a spare so I replaced this one.
Also, set toe-in, centered steering wheel (shop that did PSC didn't 
) and it's back to driving like a dream.
Another item I handled while taking the front end apart was replacing the soft brake lines with extended lines in the front. They've been sitting on my shelf for a year now.
) and it's back to driving like a dream.Another item I handled while taking the front end apart was replacing the soft brake lines with extended lines in the front. They've been sitting on my shelf for a year now.
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Another sad point of note with that shop's PSC install, my feed line from the reservoir to the pump is leaking and my pump is making a slight noise (either bad from PSC or was smoked by shop by not bleeding correctly). Either way, I've got more work to do on the PSC.
If that last pic is the current state of the brake flex lines, I doubt they will live long like that. They need to swap side for side with the hard part off the banjo fitting pointing up and inward slightly to miss the bleeder.Ok, so precession is finally eliminated. I replaced track bar bolt and nut, upper control arm bolts and nuts and serviced the JJs. My upper JJs weren't in the best of shape. I had a spare so I replaced this one. View attachment 243344Also, set toe-in, centered steering wheel (shop that did PSC didn't
Another item I handled while taking the front end apart was replacing the soft brake lines with extended lines in the front. They've been sitting on my shelf for a year now. View attachment 243345
That line is what I would typically consider too short to flex properly. As the engine rocks over under torque, that will pull on the hose and either break the fitting or make the line start leaking. Short is good, too short is not. All provided that I'm seeing the reservoir on the fender. If not, disregard since it will move with the motor.
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That's what I thought, but they were labeled right and left. I actually had them like that at first but not swapped I'll do that tomorrow
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Point them inward or mirrored of that. Inward and up. They can't be left and right since they don't know what caliper you have.
Reservoir typically has to move to make the line longer.
