A pleasant trip to leicester so spanner juggler could rebuild my front end with all the uprated new springs, mulberry bearings etc etc, took us all day but well worth it, we did a service in prep for mot as well.
Drive home was a delight, almost like having power steering, and the manhole at the bottom of my road which always induced suspension to crash and bottom out,
Not a murmur.
Boy did colin find some bodges, unsure whether they were done at the factory or later but not a great standard of workmanship given that the car had always been maintained at dealers. I bought it just under a year ago so this was the first service it had received in my ownership since it was allegedly serviced prior to my purchase. I've done 3250 miles since and the oil was like treacle.
Colin reamed the hardened chrome kingpins and they slide through dry, but when oiled hold the position but their own weight, a,along tolerance. Needless to say as they're forecast to last 50000 miles they'll see me out. Great job, enjoyable being spanner monkey and tea boy to Colin's expert spanner juggling, but stiff last night, but that's another story