Gerwyn - yes the discs are EBC but fitted (well, paid for) by owner number 2. Apparently they can judder, as you've mentioned in a previous post, and if I didn't have them, I doubt I'd risk them. Peter Mulberry has more appealing options. Mine have a very slight judder, and I'm hoping that the lack of steering dampers won't make this worse. I'm also worried that I might get wheel wobble if the steering is lightened up. But looking on the bright side, I could change the discs in little over half an hour a side. The spring clips in the calipers are MGB by the way, and the split pins look as if they might be - only just long enough.
Peter - as I said earlier, with the benefit of this experience, the main spring only needs a slight compression, and if it's shortened or tired it will go back in without compressing. So the only issue is the rebound spring. The jack method is quicker, no doubt about that, but a spring in the face I could do without, so I used the slow method. You could opt to position the kingpin low. You could even fit the lower nyloc 'loose' over the bottom plate, then jack up. This will hold the rebound spring, and I believe that's why GoMog recommends locating the top of the kingpin with a screwdriver to centralise the kingpin before fitting the top bolt. In the end, there's no right way of doing this. There's a quicker way, and a safer way, and a choice!!!
I'm making progress with my latest rebound spring protector, so with luck I'll have something to show by the end of the week.
