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[Webby the Bear]

Evening fellas,

Well, as per title git first ever PAS rack out today on a Pug 206. Fekkin' hell, by far the hardest job I've ever had to do but crikey I'm feelin good this evening.... feel like a man grrrrrr

In brief the job went like this...

Steering wheel positioned straight ahead. Bolt removed from UJ which was deep in the drivers foot well. Tie rod end ball joints knocked out (these put up no fight.... undid nut and two love taps from a massive hammer on the knuckle and they fell out). Drop links disconnected. Disconnected lower control arm ball joints. Dropped subframe in its' entirety.... I wanted to just drop it down enough to sneak the rack out but that was impossible cos the rack has massive studs coming out of it at the bottom... how bloody stupid.... instead of just having locating bolts going through it like every other manufacturer  . Then I stripped the torx bolt holding the lines going in to it  will get it out with an air hammer next week. and to make it that extra bit tricky the shift linkage is attached to the top of the rack  but that was just one bolt.
Sadly I have no photos as we were in a rush to get tools packed up but it feels good 

oh and at lunchen I borrowed the valve spring compressor to get my valves out of my cylinder heads...fairly sure the valves aren't meant to be like this ... 

bad bit of news is that the valve guides are all cracked  so ill knock them out and have to have them replaced

[omega3000]

Pug , say no more .. useless piece of shitzu 

[Webby the Bear]

Yeah you only have to look in the engine bay to see there's French stupidity everywhere. I've heard (although I have no experience) that the later models of Pugs are actually dead easy to work on.. like Fords. As said I cant confirm this 

I was really surprised how feeble the tie-rod ball joints were. They weren't shagged looking either.... just not in there very well 

[albitz]

I don't think Ive ever seen a valve bent quite like that. 

[Webby the Bear]

I don't think Ive ever seen a valve bent quite like that. 

 

my teacher said that also.... he said that normally they're either bent slightly or they bend like mine and break. 

[dbug]

Thats some shaped valve mate - have you tried straightening it yet? 

[Webby the Bear]

ps finally a picky of me and my prize if anyones interested.

please ignore the goofy face (was just happy we got it out). also ignore the new haircut and the weird resemblance I now have to aide Edmondson 

[Webby the Bear]

ps note those two studs I mentioned that were part of the rack.....the reason the subframe had to be removed in its entirety as opposed to just being able to ''sneak'' it out 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

ps finally a picky of me and my prize if anyones interested.

please ignore the goofy face (was just happy we got it out). also ignore the new haircut and the weird resemblance I now have to aide Edmondson 

Keep up with the mechanical work, Mr Bear......because you're unlikely to win a beauty contest any time soon.

[Webby the Bear]

Hahahahaha FAR COUGH

  Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.... just so happens SWMBO needs new glasses