And finally...
I was off work today, Lindsey was out for the day. All parts except the nut/bolt for the lower arm bush had arrived so I decided to continuework on the C5.
Aston was at school, but Spencer only does three days a week at nursery, and I had him with me today. It did not take him long to get dirty hands
Just as well mummy wasn't here to see...
New Tie rod was spot on. Oddly though I ordered both sides, only one has arrived. Luckily it's the one I need!
I also had my new drill taps.
....and the new screws for the brake disc.
First job was fit the Tie rod. The old one came off relatively easily, which was a nice surprise.
I also bought some new adapters for my impact driver. Which made short work of installation.
So that was the Tie rod done nice and quickly.
Next to tap the holes...
But sadly both taps snapped within 10 minutes... I think they were pretty cheap. Serves me right for buying from Amazon I guess... but it might also be that I struggled to control the drill speed, even with it set to minimum torque and only pressing the trigger gently.
I'll stick to a manual tap from now on...
So I went for Matt's suggestion of leaving the screws out....

the wheel can hold them in place.
So then I was at a stop, because the nut/bolt had still not arrived... the DPD tracking said it was around an hour away though.
I fixed some other stuff!
First of all, I fitted two more sunglasses in the back, for Aston and Spencer to use. So I now have four glasses holders, and no grab handles
Then the side pouches in the boot were very saggy and needed a hoover.
So I took them apart
Tightened the band on each, and adjusted the net, and they are both much better now.
I noticed the electric struts are very rusty at the base...
I'll have to do something about that one day!
Then my package arrived at 2ish...
But while I had two bolts...
Just one nut!... even though someone write 2x on the bag!
So I'll have to ask them for another so I can do the other side of the car.
Fitted quickly...
Then after fitting the wheel, lowering the car, topping up the Hydraulic fluid, and giving the Suspension height a workout (up/down/up/down etc...)....
The car is back running!
I took it for a run up the road, and it is now noticeable smoother than my S class Mercedes that I used to drop off Aston at School this morning, and have been using the past week and a half for work.
Considering the S class is renowned for its ride quality, thats high praise indeed! (though I've owned three S classes over the years, and have personally never been that blown over by them... but I am rather fussy...)
I'm so pleased to have the C5 back!
Next job... the C5 needs an MOT!