[Healeys] Rear Shock Mounting Bolts

[Chris Dimmock]

Thanks Curt. 
I used arp stainless high tensile 170,000 psi bolts, with an undersized hex head, so there is no issue getting a socket on them. I also made up a thicker tapered washer so I could apply as much clamping force to the shock, spread over as big an area as possible. 
And the back is a drilled piece of mild steel with 2 nuts welded on. 
Once the nuts are captive, all the effort can be applied to torquing the bolts up. 
Best
Chris



> On 8 Aug 2019, at 2:58 pm, Curtis Arndt <cnaarndt at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hey Chris,
> 
> That's an elegant solution.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Curt
> 
>> On Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 9:36 PM Chris Dimmock <austin.healey at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Here is my fix for rear shocks. 
>> Once you make the rear nuts captive, you can concentrate on doing them up tight. 
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>>> On 2 Aug 2019, at 12:01 pm, Harold Manifold <manifold at telus.net> wrote:
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>>> What is the secret to tightening the rear shock mounting bolts on an Armstrong lever arm shock absorber? After attacking the problem unsuccessfully with many different tools I ground one side of an inexpensive 9/16" socket until it would fit to hold the head of the bolt. Surely BMC had a better method.
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>>> Harold
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