Classic unicycle build is not what I was going for

[@philipB31]

There are few things that can lift the spirits as much as seeing an instalment on your channel - the world is a better place.

[@georgebalogi8751]

Total inspiration.

[@curm1778]

My daughter is now 4 years old. She was brand new when you were taking things apart. Thank you for the encouragement back then. We're both on an assembly journey right now. You a car, me a functioning human.

[@soupclassicmotoring]

...and I have a little person now too, so... you need a project car ;)

[@johngibson3837]

@@curm1778 must be nice having a new one, rust proofing rather than rust repair eh curm

[@simonpollen4939]

Very pleased to help sponsor this amazing piece of work. The best of luck sir.

[@NemoConsequentae]

One wheel. MUCH SATISFACTION! Almost as much as watching the grease squish through the bearing in the Kraken! It must be so hard not pushing to get things together faster. I admire your restraint, George.

[@soupclassicmotoring]

everything just thrown together M, test fits ;D

[@NemoConsequentae]

@@soupclassicmotoring Those certainly save the assembly-disassembly-reassembly cycle from happening!

[@SkylarkCamperAdventures]

I have to say watching you do the Esprit saves me so much money, it saves me starting mechanical projects to feeds my brains wants to do mechanical things, now I can get my mechanical fix by watching your superb work and dramas along the way. Keep on going and look forward to the next one.

[@geneva760]

CHEERS from AUSTRALIA

[@OilNBolts1]

I don't know anyone who adjusts the endplay on a universal joint. They just drive them in and complain about part quality when they fail in a matter of months. Enjoyed the vid, Go Lotus!

[@soupclassicmotoring]

I’m only barely doing it, and seems ideally I’d need a slightly thinner circlip but not stopping for anything

[@iknowyouarebutwhatami1181]

Also. Make sure the “phasing” of the drive shafts is correct. Can make for a wicked vibration amongst other things if phasing is out

[@brianpatten]

The excitement once you hauled the tire off the shelf - George b'y, I'm so happy for you. Thanks for making these videos, and the hard work behind them!

[@griptopia]

personally love what you are doing.. the professional engineering and restoration person also me just enjoys watching others. We have to come up with new ways all the time. its just the norm

[@rushja]

Tantalising! It's satisfying to watch because of the attention to detail that you're putting in. Loving it!

[@andicog]

Can you explain how the circlip on a UJ can be a shim? It's in a fixed groove and can't travel any further in than the inner edge of that groove so it can't push the cup any further in towards the centre, the distance is set by the grooves, the circlip will have a chamfer on one edge and this should face outwards, this ensures that the clip stays tight towards the inner groove edge, what you must do after assembling the joint completely is to hit the yokes with a rubber mallet from different angles, this ensures that the caps are back against the circlip and don't bind on the centre section. I'd say if people have end float in a new uj then they've probably allowed the small end float disc to fall out of the cup during assembly. 👍

[@sagecouncil]

Excellent video..Thanks for your efforts and being 100 percent open and honest when thing go arwry..Good luck with the "mechanno" stage!

[@sylvain.robichaud]

This is a momentous occasion my dear friend….wheel on, congrats!!!!

[@motjuste8549]

This one gave me man tingles.

[@superseven7947]

Nice Acknowledgement re Greg Noll, RIP big man🏄‍♂️🌊🌊🌊

[@grkfrk04]

Very much looking forward to the engine

[@katywalker8322]

Love that bearing greasing tool. Better than putting the bearing into a zip lock bag with the grease

[@RESTORATIONRESCUE]

I love watching these. You make these so fun. Keep killing it!! YOu inspire us!

[@robertmoffat6966]

That man from Delta AutoBody is wearing the coolest looking pair of trousers EVER.

[@PaulRansonArt]

Wes from Watch Wes Work has a full size version of the Kracken. But this did a great job. Thanks for another great video.

[@mikwhiting938]

Unicycle! Love it man :)

[@_zzpza]

The redemption arc! (I would have made the same mistake with the press too). The unicycle is looking amazing :)

[@peterwarner8541]

Such rapid progress George! Good stuff. Best start thinking about what the next project is going to be!!!

[@MrMaxDelux]

Thanks... will be watching at my siesta... regards from Mallorca

[@soupclassicmotoring]

Have fun!

[@MrMaxDelux]

@@soupclassicmotoring sorry to ask, any news about posters 😅 of the green lotus?

[@pauloconnor7951]

Love it. A labour of Love !!!!

[@j14phe]

George as allways your attention to detail gets you through John you're friend from Glasgow

[@grantlingley1385]

Really enjoyed this video as much for the great story telling as the fact that I too am at that point in my project…you know where ya think you have got past the tough part…in my case building the motor, setting it all up, running it in and balancing carbs….well the engine is back in and I am connecting CV’s, and cable sand such now! I better take head of your video and make sure I know what I don’t know!

[@terryatkinson899]

Always "fun" when you don't have the tool's a top garage has to do bushes. It took me 2 days to remove the wishbones and what looks like little sub frames from a vw polo to replace the rear bushes. One bolt had welded itself to the ally sub frame and the other side a bolt wouldn't come out without removing the expansion bottle and engine mount..... the seized bolt came out with a bend in it and only a scrap yard had one which i had to take off myself. My ugga dugga gun wouldn't touch either, so you can imagine how tight they were. These bushes were replaced cos the nct said they were fooked But i couldn't see anything wrong with them. Atleast in my cinquecento, the bushes came installed on the wishbone, vw like the make things awkward 😮

[@bradcrossman5068]

Really great to seeing it go back together after all this time! Cheers Georgie!

[@lilosmosis]

Getting exciting now! The wheel on is a huge step

[@kingoffifa]

Soup and juicybox4you - so cool these are Irish channels (with extra feta) doing great work! Thanks for your efforts!

[@LetseeGarage]

Good progress George!

[@soupclassicmotoring]

Kiitos Jukka!

[@phildem414]

Suspention is going great! Looking forward to the engine treatment 😍

[@Metalwolf765]

Rad! Only three more wheels to go, I’m real excited to see them on too :)

[@esh92]

Great video as always. One thing has me worried though, at 10:19 you remove the sleeve and continue pressing the bearing in with the flat piece, it looks to me like the flat piece is seated on the inner race of the bearing, which will probably cause damage. maybe the flat piece has a sleeve of it's own that didn't show on camera, just wanted to give you a heads up.

[@IceWatah]

So happy for any progress made, we're all rooting for ya!

[@stephenlyttleton9032]

That bush-clamp hack has elevated you to car god. Nice work!

[@Akiss]

Came down with COVID and it’s therapeutic watching your vids 👍

[@mec-tec]

Nice one George, those front bushes are very similar to the DMC arms... ask me how i know 😉👍

[@marcusott2973]

Much awaited, much appreciated looking forward to excellent work as always from you.

[@JohnJones-oy3md]

There's something both very frustrating and very satisfying about having to custom design a tool for a one time use.

[@andydelapoer]

Good stuff George

[@cillianbourke]

this made my Friday George..good man..keep cracking on mate

[@jasonshull3106]

Great video, as always. Thanks

[@finlay230]

Poetry in motion 👍💪

[@magni1200]

Great progress 👍

[@soupclassicmotoring]

Thanks 👍

[@pontuswendt2486]

AMAZINGNES!!! Love your humor!!!

[@kjeldlarsen912]

Thanks

[@DavidScruffy]

Love! Photo's of you basking in the unicycle glory please. Brilliant comment señor.

[@adogmcdizzle]

Thanks for another great video.

[@ineedauneeda]

Another trick for rubber bushings is dish soap as lube.

[@robertwillis4061]

Or KY jelly. Washes off easily and has no salt to start rust on the metal.

[@MrBlaadieblaa]

When pressing in rubber bushings always cover them in plain dishwashing soap. They will slide in way easier and the soap will dissolve after a few minutes so you don't have any risk of them sliding around, as what you would have if you used grease to slide them in.

[@MichaelAMangone]

Since there's no taper, did Lotus intend on entire suspension components being replaced for service? At this point, I'd have torched them all out, reset the sleeves, and poured in the lowest durometer poly available.

[@caspar2937]

Fantastic!

[@andersjjensen]

This Lotus is going to be better than what they delivered from factory :D

[@AW_DIY_garage]

Well done. I absolutely hate packing grease into bearings

[@soupclassicmotoring]

even if you only use it once... the Kraken is a level up

[@ncdave4]

always entertaining and educational...

[@johngibson3837]

Hey up mate good video

[@EliteRock]

I heard somewhere that bearings should only have c. 60% of the voids filled with grease because it's supposed to be pushed out of the way of the balls/rollers and only leave a film melted on to the surfaces of the races as the bearings heat up - too much and the balls/rollers are constantly churning through it. Unsure what the consequences would be, but I imagine the grease gets hot (and expands as it does).

[@jeppenordfosskristensen7319]

Top job 👌🏻🏁😎

[@anndivine9989]

Hi there, great videos, but question, how can the circlips in the UJs act as shims when they fit into a tight slot, any thicker and the wouldn't fit, smaller and they would move inside the recess.

[@timharris258]

Noll in peace indeed 🤘

[@DIY-V12]

Looks like the snowball effect is happening. 80% there, 80% to go!

[@GeneFraxby]

That red Manta looks tasty

[@soupclassicmotoring]

An active rally car! See it in a previous episode :)

[@GeneFraxby]

@@soupclassicmotoring I shall seek it out!

[@kieransammon666]

Epic 🎉

[@iknowyouarebutwhatami1181]

Bit of rubber grease will help those bushes slide in a treat

[@fredericodellabidia1375]

Jimbo from Robot Cantina?

[@mathuetax]

My question as well since that's the Jimbo that came to mind for me.

[@eeblatter]

A wheel is on!!! Things are getting exciting. One question for my UK friends: Why are hose clamps called jubilee clips? Is it somewhat Queen related?

[@johngibson3837]

Brand name mate

[@awalk5177]

You will be amazed how a squirt of WD40 on those bushes makes them press in more easily.

[@stophdoggy6625]

❤ No Bull 😞🌊

[@roythomson1426]

Jings! Is that a Goodyear NCT2? It must be 40 years old!

[@futten3230]

woulda taken ages to handpack those bearings

[@tanaseav]

That car deserves some custom polyurethane bushings......

[@edvardfranke]

Algorithmus!!!

[@robertpatrick3350]

I was told to just a hot air gun on land rover UJ’s 1st before using the grease gun to soften the grease.

[@SB-vb8ch]

Hot air gun on the upright & bearing in the freezer is certainly the way forward, gives everything an easier time.

[@honestguy7764]

Armchair mechanic here. Would freez the bushings or the bearing have helped?

[@ericsevern]

The Kracken is brilliant. Grease more bearings.

[@luckylimbo4816]

3to go

[@diraziz396]

unicycle build 😇

[@CMC-NFG]

Irish fella talking about a yoke - but genuinely means a yoke. 😂

[@Semi0ffGrid7]

Hi George, where did you get that press from?

[@LZ6U]

Not sure if there is any validity to the clogged U-Joint theory. What RPM do those universal joints rotate at? How many G's of centrifugal force is the warmed up grease being subjected to? I'm guessing a lot of centrifugal force is acting on the grease to move it from the center of the joint to the extremities of the joint.

[@bandidol200]

Those upright castings have got some nasty gaps in the bering bores, presumably from the production process. Hope they're not a weak point leading to a stress fracture?

[@soupclassicmotoring]

Someone tried to hammer/chisel a bearing out in the past 🤨

[@Reman1975]

You've got a wheel on?......... So you'll be taking it for a test drive next video then? :D But seriously, this is the dangerous time for a project car. It's the stage where you can throw 15+ hours of work at it in a day and see no obvious progress. It's too easy to lose motivation and cut corners at this point, purely because the project doesn't feel like it's getting any closer to being done. I found that making a 8x4 blackboard from a sheet of plywood, then listing EVERYTHING that needs doing on that part of the build helps a lot. As you finish jobs you can cross them out, and even when looking at the car doesn't show any real progress, looking at the board makes you realise that sh*ts getting done. Hope you're well, and keep up the outstanding work. It'll all be worth it.

[@soupclassicmotoring]

Resto gold :)

[@jayinmi3706]

Didn't realize you were a Stance guy. lol

[@ВикторШатов-ы7л]

👍👍👍💯

[@R2D2trashcan]

Can someone explain why bushings have to go in dry? Surely a little oil or grease would make the job easier with no real side effect?

[@qwerty754840]

It allows them to twist and wear faster. Some will alter the along,ent settings as they twist. Same reason the car should always be carrying its own weight when you tighten everything up.

[@R2D2trashcan]

@@qwerty754840 ah I see.

[@oblioi]

:o)❤

[@installwebercarburetorsona6159]

Hilarious :)

[@williamkeating6406]

wow three week for the first bushing and two minutes for the second bushing.

[@Thisiswhy1991]

And the plural of octopus isn't octopi but either octopuses or even octopodes if you are particularly discerning!

[@enricomercado4671]

You should wear eye protection when operating your hydraulic press....😮 You never know if the items you are pressing could blow apart on you....

[@jozsefizsak]

What kind of person would use the incorrect plural for octopus? Really now. It's octopuses or octopodes, never octopi. We have to have some standards, lest we slide headlong into chaos. 😉

[@simong2007simong]

Octopuses- Greek not latin

[@creamwobbly]

But if you're going to be Latin about it, the plural is octopus. Same thing with cactus. :-)

[@simong2007simong]

@@creamwobbly polypus

[@stevehislop]

I get more and more the feeling of betrayal, because your content gets chopped into smaller and smaller pieces. Back in the day you showed the restauration of almost the whole vehicle and now you´re showing the installation of a bushing in a lengthy 15 minute video.

[@soupclassicmotoring]

Only videos with almost complete resto were culminations of episodes shot over years. Normal episodes have always been bite sized