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Turns out my car has combo spindles.  These came with my empi wheels.   Free to a good home, I’ll ship on your dime 

and crumple zones and NTSA certifications and turn signals and a glow in the dark lever to escape from the trunk if you have been kidnapped. 

I found 2 in Havasu for $80 each. It’s a bit of a drive and that’s pretty expensive for used wheels but I may have to get that.

Yes, the inner race is the only thing left other than some gunk that kind of welded itself onto the spindle. The castle nut and cotter pin stayed as well, but they were pretty ground up.

I showed up at the grocery store and it was easier to get up on the port side of my boat.   Anyways, it was a real CF. Lucky I had a spare wheel, I just didn’t have a spare hub. After a bunch of running around a po-dunk town, we cobbled up enough tools and materials to make...

Hypothetically speaking, how much tannerite would be required to atomize 2 drums of gasoline?  What would be a safe distance from the aforementioned atomization? Asking for a friend.  

How would I add hubs, do I cut the spindle off and weld on the hub?

No photos ATM but I noticed that both my front wheels are cracked all the way around the bering race.  They have been welded / fixed before.  They are Boyd 5 star and Boyd said he wanted $2k to make me a new set, they’d be one piece and apparently super strong.  Can I blow $2k, yes.  Do I want...

so after doing this to my car, I decided to replace all my heims I fixed this and I finally got my replacement trailing arm.... from my buddy who would "whip one right out for me"  sigh, it's been 3 months and Kartek would have had it done next day but I digress. It's boating season and I...

I was turned on to a local machinist who made all my bushings for me in about an hour and did a fantastic job of it too!

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The bar broke because this bolt broke and the bar got stuffed in the sand at 40MPH.  This pipe vice sure makes the job a lot easier.  It’s a royal PITA.  Got one corner together (waiting for my replacement arm) in more time than it took me to strip down 2 corners. 

You can do them yourself right away, Kartek can have the stuff to you in a day or two.  It’s not rocket surgery   the specialty tools you will need cost about what labor to do the rebuild would cost.  But then you own them  It will take you a day your first time to do 4 shocks    These are...

How do I know if a heim is worn out? I did lose 1 heim and about 2-1/2 feet of 1” aluminum bar when my suspension broke.  Kartek has F.K. Which seem like pretty good ones. 

I got a gazillion little things to do on the buggy.  I need to measure and order all new suspension bolts, already replaced my exhaust gaskets and copper nuts (supply chain sucks for type1 VW, couldn’t get parts and reused the old stuff). I need to figure out why my roof screws keep backing out...

Season is over for me, just too many little things and not enough time.   First up:  I snapped 2 of my turbo flange bolts.  I’m guessing I need some high temp tolerant bolt.  What should I use?

Now all I need is a ratchet, some sockets and wrenches to put it back on the car.