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<div> <font size="4">Remember, these frames are over 40 years old and were not terribly robust to begin with. The leverage applied by the lever shocks is no different than that applied by these brackets and I suspect your frame would have failed in either case.</font></div>
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<div><font size="4"> One big difference is that if you don't have good bump stops the shock can bottom out and put higher than normal stress on this part. With the lever shocks the trailing arm will hit the frame with a colossal wack. If the tube shock bottoms out first you won't get that audible warning.<br>
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Sent: Mon, May 11, 2020 8:43 pm<br>
Subject: Re: [6pack] Rear tube shock conversion<br>
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<div class="yiv7000309789MsoNormal">It took over 10 years to do it but eventually the leverage from that bolt on rear shock conversion bracket tore the side out of the flimsy sheet metal cross member.
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<div class="yiv7000309789MsoNormal">An old topic, but came up recently from the mgb side of my club john twist of university motors has a video cautioning folks with this mod on their b to check the bolts on their conversion brackets. I checked this on my 6 and all
4 bolts were nicely tight after many years. Also, no frame cracking that I could see. After some of the horror storis about this conversion, I might not do it again </div>
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