1985 Honda Acty Show Truck

Cheers. Can’t stop grinning when you drove them either.

Saw this and thought of you...
Still working for a living !
James

You’re welcome, I am turning into a weird person who wanders round taking photos of random cars now though.
Worth a try to give them a shout but I think they struggle for parts as well. Was chatting to the mechanic (showed him this thread that made him smile) and he said they struggled for parts -they had to get the brake cylinders sleeved when they rebuilt it.
Shaun is the service manager and I told him to look up your thread.
James

I remember from mine I split the cv boot. Removing a drive shaft is a pain in the bum on a acty. The drum is pressed on so needs a puller to remove and the cv joints have to be pressed out.
The shaft needs to come out of the gearbox first, there isn't enough room to clear the outer joint. Even with the whole rear axle unbolted from the body.

The TN model like yours has all sorts of parts on ebay you might get lucky.

Back from hols and a few magazine photos to report...

Fast Car Magazine from japfest


Retro Japanese magazine from japfest


And then a purposely purchased street machine from July 1985 featuring an Acty with a vw variant engine




Also in the post was my box of mints





Which was perfect accompaniment to attacking the donor truck.

hmmmm Honda Acty rolling chassis... I wonder what inappropriate body will fit on that?

How about a little matching trailer?

forum.retro-rides.org/thread/161745/e36-trailer-e91-wagon



JP

17:47 > Prep ...



18:15 > Rear wheels off and everywhere sprayed with penetrating oil ...



19:50 > Apart from about twenty minutes eating tea I spent an hour and a half trying to get the first hub nut to budge. I spent ages adjusting the handbrake to make it tighter before I realised that I removed the lever on Sunday so adjustment just makes the cable spin around!! Handbrake refitted, cable tightened. G clamp wedged between wheel studs and floor. wrench jumped on up and down until G clamp bent but more importantly hub nut loosened!!



No photo but passenger side followed about ten minutes later - it’s all about technique!!

20:42 > 50 minutes spent removing 8 nuts holding the axle to the leaf springs. Cause of time was lack of access for a ratchet spanner or socket due to the spring bump stops being in the way.





21:25 > By which time I had levered the inner joint out of the gear box



22:45 > The axle is free!! Not quite as planned as the hub puller diameter was too short to reach across the wheel stud PCD so I just decided to leave them in place. The handbrake cable needed clipping through and i sawed through the rear brake hose with a pad saw. Oh and I had to get the angle grinder on the bottom nuts on the offside rear strut. But THE AXLE IS FREE!



Even better news is that the CV boots look nice and tight albeit a little perished, the retaining plate is all intact and bolted in position as opposed to my main truck, and there’s no signs of anything loose or covered in grease splatter like there is in my main truck.

The plan now if possible is to remove the driveshafts from the axle in one piece - well one per side obviously - and leave them together before fitting to my main truck as I think splitting them down might cause more issues about getting them back together which I believe to be the cause of my current driveshaft issues.

I’ve ordered a bigger hub puller so that should arrive Thursday and then will probably get a professional to fit the driver side shaft to my main truck so I know it’s done properly. Well I’ll see if I’m feeling brave enough!

Then in terms of refurb / replacement etc I’ll investigate with the one that’s currently on my main truck.