--- "Angelo Graham" <agraham@execulink.com> wrote:
> Hello List:
> A question regarding the nut/bolt arrangement securing the rear
> shocks on the early cars. Has anyone substituted a different
> arrangement or type of fasteners for the shocks? The nylock nut is
> always a pain to get off and used a ground down socket to accomplish
> this. Someone had mentioned using cap-screws and nuts from the rear.
> Searched the archives and couldn't find anything on this. Any listers
>
> use a particular arrangement for this??
If the TR3 is like our TR4, there is no wrench clearance on the shock body for
the bolts that hold it to the frame.
Put a socket-head cap screw ("bolt" seems more appropriate for something this
large) through the shock body. Use a nyloc nut on the frame side. You can
either use a dedicated "allen" socket or just cut a piece of allen wrench and
stick is in a conventional socket wrench to tighten the bolt.
Phil "been there, done that, my wife wears the T-shirt" Ethier.
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