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Re: Rear spring sag??????

To: Atwell Haines <carbuff@nac.net>
Subject: Re: Rear spring sag??????
From: Fred Griffiths <griffco@mail.cadvision.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 22:07:38 -0600
Atwell
        I haunt the plastics suppliers and fabricators who use the stuff 
looking for offcuts.  You need only bits about 2" square.  Also use 
Delrin, or even Lexan.

>  Where do you find nylon that thick?  Or are you stacking
> thinner pieces?


> 
> >I shim up the rear springs with nylon sheet.  I cut a square about
> >1/4" thick the width of the spring leaf, drill a hole in the centre of
> >it.
> >       Then I put a bolt through the hole, and chuck it in a lathe,
> >and machine down most of the square, leaving a circle raised in the
> >centre.  I think It's about 3/4" diameter. This fits up into the dimple
> >at the ends of each spring leaf.  Been driving on these for 6 years.
> >Cheers, Fred

-- 
Fred & Wendy Griffiths
Calgary, Canada
mailto: griffco@cadvision.com
http://www.cadvision.com/griffco/index.htm


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