What's the alternative to a stack of washers to position the wishbones. I would like some sort of spacers but don't have a lathe.
Anyone know where I can buy thick walled tube which I can cut to length and be used as spacers?

If you can get a look at Keith Tanners book he uses a pipe cutter, like the one used to cut copper pipe to cut thick wall tube for spacers, some where like pipe centre may be able to help with off cuts, you'd want some ting like shedule 40 or shedule 80 pipe.

It would have to be stainless for that type of application so most people end up with washers - they do look a bit naff though. The only problem is that you are likely going to need several different thicknesses and a hacksaw just would do a good enough job imo, so a lathe is definitely the way to go but setup will be costly.

what i ended up doing was going out and buying some steel door stops (they fit on the bottom of the door and hold the door open)
then cut them to the correct length.

If you're only concerned about the fiddliness of getting half a dozen washers in alignment, try super-gluing them together - makes fitting a shock absorber in an awkward corner much easier!

I turn them up myself, but I saw an interesting fix to the multiple washers a short while ago.

The owner had got some big heat shrink tube, and put that over the washers when he had the correct thickness, and then neatly trimmed it. Looked very neat and professional.

Cheers,
Syd.

fishywick, if you let me know the sizes you need i might be able to turn them on my lathe for you as i have some stainless bar.

Thanks Gav, I only atcually need two. I've U2U'd you.