The debacles continue...

Well, it's been an interesting day or two at Team Booger Mobile headquarters...

Debacles galore with Booger Mobile - sent it away to have a wheel alignment only to find that the special shims that were purchased to adapt between XM (outer tie rod end) and XD (stub axle) didn't work, and the wheel alignment can't be completed until that is rectified, and the advice was not to actually drive Booger Mobile at all...

After much chasing around, Damian found that the only option at this late stage of the game was to have custom shims engineered - so Damian pulled one of the outer tie rod ends off Booger Mobile and one from the XD falcon for comparison, and took them to a local engineering firm.

The engineer wanted to keep both tie rod ends so he could ensure the shims fit perfectly, however this would have meant that Booger Mobile was not able to be driven, and not wanting Scottie to miss out on his turn with Booger Mobile while Damian is at camp the coming week, Damian took the outer tie rod end back again to reinstall. Apparently the custom shims are going to be quite expensive... Damian's response was "I guess it all depends what you call expensive!!" lolsigh...

Nothing else worth blogging about tonight, other than the excitement is all but gone right at this point in time - nothing like a bit of added stress with under 3 weeks to go!!