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1. Broken bracket for SPAX shock (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2004 11:27:29 -0400; Looking under my '78 Midget yesterday to investigate a little rattle (probably just gravel in the road), I discovered that the bracket supporting my left-rear SPAX shock had broken clean off, and the; /html/spridgets/2004-07/msg00109.html (7,766 bytes)
2. Re: Broken bracket for SPAX shock (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2004 12:04:43 -0400; I had a similar break on the wife's Subaru Justy where the sway bar attached in the rear. I just welded it up on the car. Your situation has a bolt hole in the area of the break, so you may want to; /html/spridgets/2004-07/msg00110.html (7,433 bytes)
3. Re: Broken bracket for SPAX shock (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 10:04:17 -0700 from [4.11.7.107] at Wed, 7 Jul 2004 12:04:12 -0500; Steve - I had the same thing happen to my spax shock conversion, after about 1 year of use. I felt it shouldn't have broken, so I complained to Victoria British (whom I had bought the kit from). They; /html/spridgets/2004-07/msg00112.html (8,750 bytes)
4. re: Broken bracket for SPAX shock (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2004 13:05:29 -0400; It seeems that the consensus is to "just fix it" by welding the bracket back together, preferably with a little extra reinforcing. By the way, I called every SPAX dealer I could find and found that n; /html/spridgets/2004-07/msg00113.html (7,869 bytes)
5. re: Broken bracket for SPAX shock (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 10:26:32 -0700; You need to support the car on jackstands at the front hanger plates and detach the rebound strap on that side. Then, when you disconnect the bottom plate, the axle will stay put on the spring. You; /html/spridgets/2004-07/msg00117.html (8,815 bytes)
6. Re: Broken bracket for SPAX shock (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2004 12:41:52 -0400 5.0; U); Curious thing about your very clear photograph: that bracket appears to have been welded before. I also believe that there should not be such force on that bracket to break it either time, so I would; /html/spridgets/2004-07/msg00119.html (9,379 bytes)
7. Re: Broken bracket for SPAX shock (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2004 14:52:12 -0400; It is not surprising that the mounting plate broke the way it did. The outboard mounting position of the shock put a "moment" or torque on the spring mounting plate. From the picture it appears that; /html/spridgets/2004-07/msg00123.html (7,856 bytes)
8. Re[2]: Broken bracket for SPAX shock (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 16:06:24 -0700; Hello Jim, not only is handling off, but tests (by Mercedes Benz!) indicate that ONE bad shock can (and usually does) increase STOPPING DISTANCE by 50% or more... i don't recall if it mattered if it; /html/spridgets/2004-07/msg00140.html (8,055 bytes)
9. RE: Broken bracket for SPAX shock (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2004 21:24:56 -0400 FILETIME=[60CDEFF0:01C4648A]; The Midget I just parted out/cut up at Kevein's last OSHIT had a tube shock conversion on it. Not Spax, however. The bracket is slightly different in as it appears that Spax welds the bolt for the s; /html/spridgets/2004-07/msg00142.html (8,611 bytes)
10. Re: Broken bracket for SPAX shock (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 22:06:54 -0700; I have a spax conversion on the rear of my car. You are right, the part doesn't exist! The kit did not come with the bottom spring perch bracket. All you did was take the stock left side, turn it ups; /html/spridgets/2004-07/msg00145.html (8,955 bytes)

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