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Re: Setting ride height with spacer prior to setting final

To: Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: Setting ride height with spacer prior to setting final
From: jerry adams <cjerryadams@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2006 07:29:32 -0700 (PDT)
Bob,
   
  Your reply got to bothering me about using a 2" bolt, so I went to our 
company tool crib and got a 1/2-13 x 2" bolt and measured.  It is 2 1/4" long.  
The head is 1/4" thick so one would have to use a 1/2-13 x 1 3/4" long bolt for 
the spacer to measure 2" long for the shock arm.  Of course other 2" size bolts 
may be shorter or longer.
   
  Jerry 
  BN2

Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net> wrote:
  David,

According to the Bentley reprint of the shop manual, "the length of the 
distance piece must be 2 in."

I use a 2-inch bolt.

bs


DavidWMalaney@eaton.com wrote:

>All,
>
>I have read that you should place a spacer between the shock arm and shock
>platform in order to approximate laden ride height for final torque setting on
>front suspension bushings. Here is the question: should the spacer be 1.5
>inch or 2 inch? Seems I have come across both dimensions in the archives.
>Which one's right? Or, either one will work and be close enough.
>TIA
>
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