Have now done a bit more.......
So, start at the back and work forward so up in the air and do the rear brakes.....which is where the first snags were found.
Now this car has loads of history and its had a fair wack of cash spent on it to, one of these jobs included new rear disks, pads, shoes and handbrake cables.
So I was dissapointed (but not surprised) to find errors, namely the fact that the back plate return springs on the handbrake cables were missing on both sides, these also stop the cable from detaching from the lever to so not good. To add to this, they were poorly adjusted and the cable was way to tight.
So, sorted that out and also found a broken anti-rattle spring on one of the sets of rear pads to.
Whilst there, springs, shocks, brake lines, wheel bearings, suspension bushes etc were all checked and brake lines and nuts and bolts etc were greased (an old habit).
Brake fluid was fully flushed and changed.
Then onto the front, again disks and pads fairly recently, did the NSF first and checked every thing out and all looked fine, no play in the wishbone bushes, change the brake fluid, strip and clean the pads and discs, file a leading edge chamfer to the pads, more grease etc etc etc.
So, fit the road wheel and check for play....ow dear, quite a bit on all axis.....get the wife to press the brake pedal, its gone......listening stick required....NSF wheel bearing is buggered......
Right OSF next......same process pads, discs and the the good stuff, yet more grease etc etc...
Then refit the road wheel and do the usual tests again....play at 3-9 Oclock so must be steering....check track rods, there new, check idle arm, thats new......then noice the the nut on the control arm end of the idler is 4 mm clear of the idler arm.....so some Bloody muppet has forgotten to tighten it up (its a lock nut so hasnt come undone)......so tighten it up correctly and all is good again.
So jobs to do before the MOT
Check the lights etc
Fit new anti rattle springs to the rear pads
Fit handbrake return spring to both sides and adjust the handbrake cable
Fit new NSF hub assembly
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