Body Mounting 3

Having got the body pretty much on and the mounting holes lined up with bolts part way in last week, it was time to do the final fit which involved fitted the rear mounts and drilling holes to fit the mounts that go through the inner wing. These hadn't been fitted before as the original holes had been filled when I had the bulkhead and engine bay sprayed.

At this point the car was jacked up and put on axle stands, now looking every bit like a real car :)

The wheels were then removed for the first time. When we came to remove the front left wheel we couldn't budge the spinner (and yes I know its a reverse thread) but it wasn't for shifting easily.

In the end I took a larger hammer and a large piece of wood to protect the spinner and gave it another whack. This time is simply fell off in one piece, the bolts securing it to the actual wheel hadn't been tightened up and had been cross threaded.

Damaged thread on the spinner adaptor

Corresponding damage to the road wheel

After this we did a check of all the others and it turned out none of the adaptors had been properly tightened. The damaged threads were re-tapped and all is now well but this is certainly something to check if you are using wheels like mine with decorative spinners.