anyone make a spacer for the rear axel spring perches?
05-17-2004, 03:43 AM
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anyone make a spacer for the rear axel spring perches?
I hate the way my pro kit sits in the rear . my 315s keep rubbin and bottoming out .. wanna raise the back end 3/4"
im gonna stuff garned hose in the springs tomorrow but i doubt that'll do the trick .. anyone make a spacer for under the spring or should i just have some custom machined locally ?
im gonna stuff garned hose in the springs tomorrow but i doubt that'll do the trick .. anyone make a spacer for under the spring or should i just have some custom machined locally ?
05-17-2004, 01:13 PM
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I know what you mean, mine sits too low in the rear for my taste also. I had thought about trying to find some high durometer hose or tubing with a thick wall and nearly no deflection. Slip that over the bottom most coil. Depending on the wall thickness, it could raise the rear 1/4" or more. I don't see why that wouldn't work, I just can't find anything like I am talking about.
05-18-2004, 03:19 AM
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Originally posted by bad1LEz
I know what you mean, mine sits too low in the rear for my taste also. I had thought about trying to find some high durometer hose or tubing with a thick wall and nearly no deflection. Slip that over the bottom most coil. Depending on the wall thickness, it could raise the rear 1/4" or more. I don't see why that wouldn't work, I just can't find anything like I am talking about.
I know what you mean, mine sits too low in the rear for my taste also. I had thought about trying to find some high durometer hose or tubing with a thick wall and nearly no deflection. Slip that over the bottom most coil. Depending on the wall thickness, it could raise the rear 1/4" or more. I don't see why that wouldn't work, I just can't find anything like I am talking about.
05-23-2004, 11:30 AM
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garden hose will not get you 3/4"
for a cheap alternative to fabbing - try dense plastic - I bought a kitchen cutting board - the white kind - trimmed it, and used a drill bit for door ***** to get a hole in it.
A height constraint is set by the height of the lip on the perch. You need some lip to keep the spring in place
This worked fine - especially as I needed to raise one side 1/4" more than the other. I've since I swapped rears - I may do it again as I'm looking for ~ 1/2" on the pro kit as well.
for a cheap alternative to fabbing - try dense plastic - I bought a kitchen cutting board - the white kind - trimmed it, and used a drill bit for door ***** to get a hole in it.
A height constraint is set by the height of the lip on the perch. You need some lip to keep the spring in place
This worked fine - especially as I needed to raise one side 1/4" more than the other. I've since I swapped rears - I may do it again as I'm looking for ~ 1/2" on the pro kit as well.
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05-23-2004, 11:30 AM
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garden hose will not get you 3/4"
for a cheap alternative to fabbing - try dense plastic - I bought a kitchen cutting boeard - the white kind trimmed it and used a drill bit for door handles to het a hole in it.
The height constraint is the height of the lip on the perch you need some lip to keep the spring in place
worked fine till I swapped rears - I may do it again as I'm looking for ~ 1/2" on the pro kit as well.
for a cheap alternative to fabbing - try dense plastic - I bought a kitchen cutting boeard - the white kind trimmed it and used a drill bit for door handles to het a hole in it.
The height constraint is the height of the lip on the perch you need some lip to keep the spring in place
worked fine till I swapped rears - I may do it again as I'm looking for ~ 1/2" on the pro kit as well.
05-25-2004, 03:12 AM
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garden hose got me 1/4" .. i put one layer on the top coil and one on the bottom
I will take the top later of hose off and find some dense plastic like you suggested for the bottom to do it properly ...
I will take the top later of hose off and find some dense plastic like you suggested for the bottom to do it properly ...
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