[Healeys] difficulties installing front tube shocks

[Steve B. Gerow]

Alan,
Have you personally experienced difficulty installing a Putzke kit on an undamaged car?

I've installed a couple of these kits and wonder if there would be any problem installing the fronts unless the towers were tweaked, in which case the stock shocks would have had the holes enlarged or distorted to accommodate the angled bolt.

The koni and Putzke front kits both require long bolts through a top piece where the holes are the same distance apart as on the stock lever shock. Therefore if the shock tower is bent and the bolts are not parallel there would be a problem necessitating repair of the shock tower before installation. 

Just curious.

Alan wrote:
> Udo's kit is different both front and back.  His back kit is a bolt on
> replacement, actually a fairly decent set up.
>
> The front kit is good too but can be quite tough to install as it
> requires perfectly parallel alignment of the rear bolt holes, which
> given the way the captive nuts are welded to the top plate.


-- 
Steve Gerow
BN6 with tube shocks