My renault 4 restoration

[Domsky]

I've waxed the cavities, started to assemble the chassis.
I also assemble the hubs , and i found a problem: the bracket holding the caliper was rubbing of the brake disc, i checked some old spare hubs ad there brackets did not rub , just because the disc was worn. The quickest solution was to machine 2mm from the bracket .

 

[Cornish4]

Hi Domsky, there is usually a thin spacer that fits on the stub axle behind the hub, allowing clearance for the caliper carrier.
Regards Brian.

 

[Domsky]

Hi Domsky, there is usually a thin spacer that fits on the stub axle behind the hub, allowing clearance for the caliper carrier.
Regards Brian.

None of my hubs has them , but skimming the bracket did the trick

 

[Cornish4]

How odd, my present car has them and my previous car did too. I accidentally left one out and sure enough the carrier rubbed the disc, but glad to see your mod has done the trick. You are at a nice stage now in your rebuild, putting stuff back, very rewarding.

 

[Domsky]

Some of my engine work

 

[angel]

Out of curiosity, how did you set up the caliper carriers on your milling machine table to be sure they end square and parallel?

 

[Jurjenz]

Nice video, thanks for sharing! Bad ass lathe by the way

 

[Domsky]

Out of curiosity, how did you set up the caliper carriers on your milling machine table to be sure they end square and parallel?

I gave it to the professional

 

[Domsky]

Nice video, thanks for sharing! Bad ass lathe by the way

Sadly not mine

 

[Domsky]

I managed to resurrect twin barrel weber carburetor, also i stripped the gearbox to change some bearings and fit lsd.
Btw , anyone has single speedline alloy for sale ?

 

[Jurjenz]

Wow, video in the making?

 

[AdamWilkes]

I like the workbench gutter - great for clumsies like me knocking things onto the floor

 

[Domsky]

I like the workbench gutter - great for clumsies like me knocking things onto the floor

This is bench designed specially for geaboxes , very handy cause there is always oil leftvin them , it has the drain and bucket to collect oil

 

[Domsky]

Today i fitted torsion bars on the back
Yay!

 

[Domsky]

So i finally collected all the bearing and seals and bits to assemble the gearbox , when i was nearly done i spotted three teeth from the 4th gear are chipped
Now I'm looking for the gear with 39 teeth
Also my wheel arches arrived.

 

[Domsky]

I got the gear, from Paul. Yay!
But i found something i overlooked before
I will try to braze to build up the missing material

 

[Trevin]

Hi Domsky

Can you let me know where i could purchase a set of those wheel arches?

Regards
Trevin

 

[Domsky]

https://www.mcracingsa.com/28-piece-composite-rallye?q=Marques-RENAULT
I got mine here , they seem good enough quality

 

[Domsky]

The brand new original fork arrived! So finally i have all i need to assemble the gearbox. All new bearing seals gaskets
And diff. I also made a tool for the speedo gear using bits of scrap lying around 5 minute job made my life easier.

 

[JdeW]

Nice progress on the gearbox, curious about future real life experience on that automatic torque biasing helical limited slip differential