[Roadsters] rear shock plate, lip down

Paul Kort paulsdatsunstuff at gmail.com
Fri Aug 14 13:26:08 MDT 2015


  A flat plate would easily bend.

Paul

On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 3:23 PM, O'Farrell, Fergus P (AS) <
Fergus.OFarrell at ngc.com> wrote:

> I think I know the one you mean, and lip up, if it goes all around, would
> gap the plate to the bottom leaf, which you do not want.
>
> So lip down will keep plate and leaf in intimate contact.  Lip up would be
> an opportunity to hold water and dirt as well, which should be avoided.
>
> Why the lip?  Hmm, it’d make it stiffer than just a flat plate, can’t
> think of another reason. (facilitate some assy line tool?)
>
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