Rear Hubs and Master Cylinder........
The next task in hand was to fit the rear hub carriers and the rear hubs themselves and the driveshafts. I painted these and and pressed new wheel bearings into the hubs. I was opting for XR4x4 discs all round and GBS provide (which i also think they provide if you have drums but not sure how they fit with drums) about 4x 1-2mm steel spacers that sit behind, and is sandwiched between the hub carrier and the hub carrier 'carrier' that is made and welded by GBS. This welded piece from GBS has the lower w'bone attach to the bottom and the upper w'bone to the top (see pic!!!!!!!). The hub carrier then sits on the face of this with 4 of the 8 spacers in between. Once the driveshafts are in place the hub slides on and is nutted up. Regarding the 8 spacers, the pre-drilled holes may need opening up very slightly to enable all the holes to align and the bolts to go through freely.
Next was on to the master cylinder!! Fairly straight forward. Bolt on and attach the brake lines. But, make sure all the pipes are flared properly before connecting to the master cylinder. Frustratingly i had no end of problems for some reason with leaks from the pipes not sealing correctly into the master cylinder!! Turns out though my master cylinder was knackered and i had to buy a new one!! Finally, if you are running discs on the rear i had problems when the calipers and brake lines were in place with bleeding the brakes. I bled the brakes every night for a week using different methods and could not get pressure. Turns out the rear calipers on the donor are mounted at the top and not on the side as on the zero. Because of this the little 'resevoir' in the caliper itself trapped air!! So i unbolted the caliper, moved it round and hey presto all bled ok!!
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