Wen I worked at Sunblest years Our workshop was for three diesel vans. Thetr was a proper under floor extraction setup with a thick heavy rubber pipe for each bay. However there was also roof fands which also extracted the fumes and much easier to use. Those roof fans came into their own on a very hot day. We would water the parking bay outside open the doos and switch the fans on for a cool workshop
So is lifting it on to a rear door carrier. There is an easy way for that tho. I have a race yacht block and tackle to lift mine up there Oh yes I carry one on the bonnet as well. If you do use a bonnet mount, Mount the spare with the nave to the bonnet, useful space there
Good advice there. Now when replacing the calliper bolts. Get a tap and re tap the mounting holes. Make sure when using new bolts that there is some thread lock on the threads
I was wondering if the grease nipply was sitting tight on the ball and A stopping the grease getting right through B tending to sit on the ball
and tighten the ball. Just back the grease nipple off a turn and see what happens
Your idea is sound,however it looks to me that the grease nipple is too far through the base plate, Put a washer under the grease nipple head and see what happens HTH
How about you make and bend both the inner and outer pieces then join them with a "U" tube pop rivited into place.Alaralite is good uesed on alluminiun