33 CV joint replacement, how hard is it?

[Ben33]

Ok cool, is that front and rear at those numbers? Slightly more out at the front relative to the back? Or not as you want to make the rear end a bit more adjustable? Does it tramline much/ follow the road horribly with that much toe out?
I take the mx to a specialist so i get the specs right... So should be right, he also used to own a 33 so should have an idea what to do with it.

I'll keep an eye out for a set of wheels. It'd be nice to get a decent set of tyres on it and 14' tyres are still pretty damm cheap.

I think from a practicality point of view i'll keep the 33 at standard height especially as its my practical work car. Its nice to not really have to think about clearance issues when driving it.

Thanks everyone for your help

[philpot]

The negative/toe out specs are for the front only. Optimum: 4mm total toe out. Plus or minus 2mm. Rears not adjustable. Yes they do tend to tramline a bit, but its not too bad and worth it for the sharper response and greater stability. If you go closer to 0 than about 2mm total toe out - front, when you accelerate the front lifts and and can gets wandery as the geometry changes.
185/60 14's are the smallest size a lot of really good performance tyres come at, so a big choice. Last set of G-Force sports about 14months ago were $153 each fitted and balanced, Bridgestone Adrenalin RE-001's, $122 13 months ago.
Both my road cars are everday drives   (say with Shannons man accent...) so need to be able to deal with kids, luggage and kerbs/driveways at the same time!  Depends on your priorities...
Enjoy your drive! 

[Ben33]

Hi Guys,

I took the car to Murceri Motors this week, really positive experience. Great guys, great job and very reasonable prices for both parts and labour.
The CV is now fixed! I also needed to get a RWC for the car so I got them to sort that out and fix the associated things it needed in order to pass. There was an oil leak which needed fixing for the RWC, fixing it nessesitated doing most of the work needed to change the timing belt so I also got them to change that while they were at it as I had no record of it being done.
I now love the car even more! After fixing the CV and getting the wheel alignment done the car is driving much better, a large amount of the torque steer is gone as has some of the deadness in the steering directly off centre. I can't quite believe how good it feels to drive, it certainally doesn't feel like a 25 year old car.

I was chatting to Corrado and Seb about the shit tyres that the car currently has and how I was thinking about a set of 14' wheels. They happen to have a set of 14' 33 wheels off a 33 gold clover leaf which I think could look good, espeically if I cleaned them up with some paint. So I'll have a think about buying this set of 14s for $160 allowing me to fit better tyres in 185/60/14 or just sticking with the stock 13's. Pic below is of the wheels I'm thinking of fitting, what do we think?

[Sheldon McIntosh]

Glad it went well.  Yeah I love those wheels, I've got them on mine.  Would definitely improve the looks of your car, and that seems to be an excellent price.

[Andrew Bose]

Ben,

it already better looking than a 90!