[Healeys] Front Shock Camber Plates

[Bob Spidell]

Thanks, Perry.

At the risk of going to the well too many times, how much movement of 
the shock changes camber; e.g.  each sixteenth of a inch of inboard 
movement of the shock creates 2deg positive camber change (just an 
example; I have no idea what the relation would be)?

Bob


On 6/28/2019 5:47 PM, Perry wrote:
>
> Bob
>
> If memory serves me correctly you will not have much trouble with the 
> nuts.  Captive is not what I would call the nuts used to secure the 
> shocks and shock buffer to the top plate.  There is not a cage or spot 
> welds on the flats of the nuts.  I believe they are just resistance 
> welded to the bottom surface of the top plate and the nuts will part 
> ways with the plate fairly easily.
>
> Before someone figured out to adjust the camber with these plates we 
> used to fix the stripped or missing shock mounting nuts by inserting a 
> ½ inch steel plate with predrilled and threaded holes in the same 
> location. It was easier than cutting off the entire top plate and 
> rewelding it. Only had to cut the outboard edge off, insert plate and 
> reweld.
>
> This was a long time ago, like 50 years. Feeling a bit old right now!
>
> Perry
>
> Sent from Mail <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for 
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>
> *From: *Bob Spidell <mailto:bspidell at comcast.net>
> *Sent: *Friday, June 28, 2019 8:09 PM
> *To: *Healeys <mailto:healeys at autox.team.net>
> *Subject: *[Healeys] Front Shock Camber Plates
>
> I recently acquired a set of these:
>
> https://tomsimport.com/category/new-parts/front-shock-plate/
>
> I'm not in immediate danger of installing them yet, but I'm starting to
>
> plan the operation.  I'll cut off the outer part of the mounts clean,
>
> elongate the holes, install the plates and weld the end sections back
>
> on.  My question, for anyone who's (successfully) done this--not
>
> necessarily the welding part--is: How did you remove the captive nuts
>
> and any remnants of the welds that held them?  It seems to me, if you
>
> don't clean off the welds then then plates won't sit flat on the
>
> underside of the shock mounts, and strength would be diminished.  I have
>
> no proof, but intuitively it seems these plates would strengthen the
>
> mounts, as the tension load on the four bolts would be spread across the
>
> plates--and a greater area of the mounts--instead of just being applied
>
> to the captive nuts.
>
> Bob
>
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