Okay, so in looking further at your bracket, I thought I was
looking at the conventional bracket that sits underneath the
springs. Apparently, the Spax conversion adds a welded
piece to that bracket, which means you either make a new one
or buy the right part somewhere. I would opt to make one,
or weld up that one with suitable reinforcement. I would
still search for a cause for the breakage, though.
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: Broken bracket for SPAX shock
Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2004 12:41:52 -0400
From Jim Juhas <james.f.juhas at snet.net>
Curious thing about your very clear photograph: that
bracket appears to have
been welded before. I also believe that there should not be
such force on that
bracket to break it either time, so I would also investigate
the root cause. My
guess would be that the shock is bottoming out and reaching
the end of travel.
An incorrect top mount, and incorrect length shock, or a
missing rebound bumper
could all contribute.
I used to have several of those brackets lying around, some
still attached to
axles, before I cleaned out all my old Spridget parts last
winter, but someone
else is sure to have one. If you can't source one through
the list, contact me
off list.
If you haven't noticed this as a problem, it's time to
inspect all the shocks
for effectiveness. Losing a shock on one side should raise
all kinds of
handling problems. While it could be driven, I would not
trust the car in
situations that depend on possible evasive maneuvers. Among
other things, if
the shock length is indeed an issue, the other side is also
suspect.
Steven Michelsen wrote:
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