Post trackday tech

[yellowss7]

I am taking my Caterham in for it's annual State inspection tomorrow, so I took off the Brooklands, reinstalled the windscreen and wipers, and took off the slicks and put the street tires back on. When changing the rear tires I noticed the the left rear anti roll bar drop link was not connected. :ack: The upper drop link had somehow disconnected.

 

Luckily all the parts were still there, so after a little effort I got it all reconnected.

 

I thought my car was handling a little loose, but I just attributed it to cold slicks. I did trackdays on two consecutive days and obvioulsy did not check the car over between sessions. :dupe:

 

So just a word of warning, things vibrate on these cars and it pays to do a bolt and nut check before and after each trackday or autocross or even after longer brisk blats.

 

Tom

[11Budlite]

I can vouch for Tom on the vibration issue with these cars. I use locktite and also put a dab of Torque Seal on the bolt/nut interface that gives a visual indication if anything has started to come lose. Available at Pegasus and I'm sure many other places too. [/url]https://www.pegasusautoracing.com/productdetails.asp?RecID=3165

 

If you don't want to use Torque Seal I think you can even use finger nail polish.....you Miata owners probably already have a bottle in your glove box!