LesG Posted September 9, 2007 Posted September 9, 2007 Hi all, I'm a newbie Caterham owner, and also a newbie in here, but I'm guessing I'm not going to be a stranger for long! I'm currently rebuilding my seven, and my first appeal for help involves the petty strut; It's quite obvious where it should bolt to on the FIA roll bar I have, but I'm struggling to work out where it should connect in the passenger compartment? Nobody seems to use these in other cars I've seen, presumably because it gets in the passengers' way (doh, obviously!), but with them being only bolted in, I'm planning on using the strut for sprints/hillclimbs, and (hopefully) unbolting it for the road and trackdays. Can anybody help, particularly with a photo if poss? Cheers, Les.
Area Representative Nick Chan Posted September 9, 2007 Area Representative Posted September 9, 2007 Its hidden behind the interior side panel close to where the scuttle face comes down. You can either drill out the top rivets and carefully prise the panels apart to judge where the bush is, or obviously check someone else's and measure carefully. If you post the age of your car, it will help to find someone to send a pic of a suitable model. HTH Nick The BEC has gone - now onto an R400!!
LesG Posted September 9, 2007 Author Posted September 9, 2007 Hi Nick, the car was originally built in '85, Xflow powered with De-dion, and at the minute is stripped to bare chassis (after grit-blasting and repaint). I don't know anyone else using the more basic/traditional rollbar on their cars, most have either the full safety Devices kit, or the hooped type, which is why i'm appealing for help here. But thanks for your reply! Les.
FlymoFraser Posted September 9, 2007 Posted September 9, 2007 If you have the chassis stripped you should be able to see a threaded boss about two inches down from the angle at the leading edge of the passenger "door" where it goes from horizontal to 45 degrees up to the windscreen. AFAIK the forward bolt for the petty strut is in approx the same position regardless of age of S3 type car. R287 Mobile Jaffa Cake- It's black at both ends with a smashing orangey bit in the middle here
LesG Posted September 10, 2007 Author Posted September 10, 2007 Thanks Neil, I'll check out that location when I get a look in the workshop on Wednesday.
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