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jonbeedle - 7/3/05 at 06:05 PM

My GTS shocks have 32mm wide bushes meaning that the dimensions for the brackets in the book(42mm I think) are no use to me! Anyone else found this and had to cut off their brackets and start again?
Cheers
Jon:

[Edited on 7/3/05 by jonbeedle]

scutter - 7/3/05 at 06:12 PM

I would use washers to fill out the gap, you then can try and get the shock central in the bracket.

ATB Dan.

clbarclay - 7/3/05 at 06:48 PM

If your building the brackets, try using 40x40 RHS with a 3mm wall, this will give 34mm internal, leaving a 2mm gap, easily filled with 2 washers.

[Edited on 7/3/05 by clbarclay]

jonbeedle - 7/3/05 at 06:52 PM

quote:
Originally posted by scutter
I would use washers to fill out the gap, you then can try and get the shock central in the bracket.

ATB Dan.

Need a lot of washers. Anyway it's not the only problem. I didn't make the brackets myself, unfortunately, and they haven't been made deep enough so the holes don't line up with the ones in the shock bush, plus the holes in the brackets are 10mm and I'm using half inch UNF bolts and the lower rear bracket has been welded to the axle instead of to the top of the trailing arm bracket as per the book ( not by me I hasten to add)......AAARRRRGGGHHH!!!!!!!!
Anyway I thought that GTS made dedicated shocks for the 'book' chassis in which case you shouldn't need washers to pack out the space either side of the bushes!
Am I being unreasonable? I hope I'm in a better mood tomorrow!
Cheers
Jon

jonbeedle - 7/3/05 at 06:53 PM

quote:
Originally posted by clbarclay
If your building the brackets, try using 40x40 RHS with a 3mm wall, this will give 34mm internal, leaving a 2mm gap, easily filled with 2 washers.

[Edited on 7/3/05 by clbarclay]

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll give it a try.
Cheers
Jon

clbarclay - 7/3/05 at 07:28 PM

Just thougth, i used 50x50 which gives a higher possible side. you may need some 40x50 to give enough metal above the hole.

big_wasa - 7/3/05 at 08:39 PM

lots of washers on the suspension mounting points Dont like the sound of that! sounds like my m8 Robin Hood

James - 7/3/05 at 08:44 PM

quote:
Originally posted by jonbeedle
quote:
Originally posted by scutter
I would use washers to fill out the gap, you then can try and get the shock central in the bracket.

ATB Dan.

Need a lot of washers.


I'm more than happy to have as much adjustability as possible! Makes up for a whole world of mistakes!


Cheers,
James

craig1410 - 7/3/05 at 09:48 PM

Why not buy some brackets from GTS to suit the shockers? That's what I did although even they required some penny washers each side to fill the gap. I agree though, it is handy to centralise the shocker as my coil springs come very close to my top wishbone and I needed that adjustment.

For my front suspension brackets I made them myself to suit out of 40mm x 3mm flat bar. I made them wide enough to allow me to fit 2 x 32mm penny washers each side of each bush (1.4mm thick each from screwfix). These allow me to adjust castor from 3 degrees up to 8 degrees which might come in handy later.

Hope this helps,
Craig.