Tim,
Some aftermarket front shocks, like Konis, will not fit through the stock
opening in the lower plate. When I bought the Konis for my car years ago,
the recommended installation procedure was to carefully grind out the
opening, being careful not to encroach on the three bolt holes, and insert
the shocks that way. I conclude that a slightly out-of-round opening is not
a problem.
(By-the-way, I opted to carefully un-bolt the lower A-arms at the frame, and
put the Konis in that way. Didn't even mess up the alignment settings.)
Gary
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim" <tputland@charter.net>
To: "datsun-roadsters: autox.team.net" <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2009 3:58 PM
Subject: [Roadsters] Ongoing suspension issues--pay it forward???
>I was able to dismantle the lower A-arm assemblies fairly easily once I had
>a socket that fit the bushing nuts and a four foot piece of pipe for
>leverage. As I started this process, I noticed that the REAR bar of one
>A-arm set up was bent--sure wish I had noticed this before I pulled it off
>the part car!! So, now I need one. Does any one have one of these parts
>that they would be willing to let go free or cheap?
>
> Also, it is ok to re-use a lower shock mount plate if the hole isn't 100%
> round? Since the shock itself has mounting washers, etc, can I re-use this
> mounting plate?
>
> Thanks
>
> Tim
> Belleville, WI.
> '70 SPL AND SRL
> Still clueless but always learning
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