I broke it! VW splitscreen repairs gone wrong.

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Жыл бұрын

Well that didn’t go to plan!
In this episode, Chris changes a gearbox mount, a simple fix which ends in disaster. Breaking an air strut isn’t ideal, after discussions with a few others in the industry it turns out these particular struts have a habit of snapping the bottom thread off inside the body, thankfully it happened in the workshop. But now we’ve got to find a new pair of air struts to replace them, taking the split out of action for atleast a couple weeks. But whilst under the van you can see the new remote brake booster servo, a great purchase to upgrade the drum brakes on this 60+ year old van.

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@mattpearce5437 Жыл бұрын

The motivation to constantly fix these things is a skill in its own man I'm not sure if I could keep my cool 😂😂

@LowdownTransporters Жыл бұрын

Thing is driving it is too addictive. So fixing it isn’t really a chore

@Demop_VW_garage Жыл бұрын

Yep problem has happened on my air ride split bus, snapped and I also have a engine brace as well 😞 ordered a cb performance one which is heavy duty hopefully that works. When I put my bus on the lift I have to dump all the air out otherwise ill do damage too😉

@jshep73 Жыл бұрын

This is the content we love ❤

@LowdownTransporters Жыл бұрын

Thanks man 🙏

@johnrowell942 Жыл бұрын

Now you got to charge the front bags. Could you design something to stop the front wheels. Moving forward. When raised?

@LowdownTransporters Жыл бұрын

It would be nice to change the whole front setup to wishbones. But now isn’t the time, gotta get it fixed and back on the road asap for the rest of the summer fun 🤩

@fattyshtc Жыл бұрын

Easy fix. Try maybe look how the bmws are supported. They run a mount and you're be able to use off the shelf bush.

@LowdownTransporters Жыл бұрын

Yep already spoke to our friends at gaz who will be making a new pair of struts to mount the bags on. We had a deeper look today and found that wheel is badly buckled after hitting a big pothole on the way back from goodwood. I suspect that snapped the bottom off the piston but it held itself together with the weight of the van, then as soon as it was lifted it pulled out. But we won’t know for sure. Will soon be fixed and back on the road 😆✌️

@fattyshtc Жыл бұрын

@@LowdownTransporters all good fun I bet that was the holes on the A27 I live about 20 miles from goodwood and I go the back way avoid all the round abouts of the Saturday shoppers. Was great to see the van in person at retro rides though running and driving slammed has it querks 🤙