Hi Jack,
On the spring bracket there should be a tab welded on that would bend up
against the bolt head to keep it from spinning. Is yours missing? That might
be the difference you need. See this Moss link and look at the #17 drawing
to see what I'm talking about.
http://www.mossmotors.com/Shop/ViewProducts.aspx?PlateIndexID=28943
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Friends,
next problem! This time the bolts holding the front end of my BJ8 phase
2 leaf springs. When I put the pin (which is in fact a bolt with a round
head) through the bracket I still can see a bit of unthreaded stem
sticking through the hole - it looks like the unthreaded part of the
stem is too long. Did some measuring: total width of bracket (outside) =
2.256" . Length of unthreaded stem of the 'pin' = 2.374" . Total length
of 'pin' = 2.988". In case anyone has a BMC drawing: part number is
1G9321.
As the 'pin' is tightened by means of a spring washer and a normal nut
one would expect it would be possible to squeeze the spring washer
between the bracket and the nut, but that's not the case.
Have I picked the wrong bolts out of my bucket with fasteners? Don't
have any similar/other 'pins' in my collection. If the worst comes to
the worst, I can always drill a hole through the stem and use a castle
nut plus cotter pin, but then I get Rich Chrysler on my neck.......
Thanks in advance
Jack Aeckerlin, The Netherlands
1964 BJ8 29432
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