Master
THE BEAST MOVES!
New boots! Dunlop Road Grippers. Only 2 so far- waiting for 2 more "take-offs" i.e. new tyres when ppl elect to change their wheels & tyres on new cars so they get sold back thru the trade.
BUT the back seems to be sitting up a bit too high.
Are those rear springs right for a 2A tray?
I guess it will go down when the tray is on but I can't see those straps EVER going under the rear axle with those springs.
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Super Moderator
Have you tightened up all the shackle pins?
If yes. Loosen them off and only tighten them up when you have the engine, transmission and body back on. (You may even want to leave yourself a note on a luggage label or similar that they are loose.)
You'd be surprised the effect of torquing up the bolts can have on the height of the springs.
You won't find me on: faceplant; Scipe; Infragam; LumpedIn; ShapCnat or Twitting. I'm just not that interesting.
Swaggie
What Diana said - loosen all the nuts and bolts fully. If you don't you will destroy the (rubber) shackle bushes within 100 km.
The springs you have look like the 8+2 leaf 109" springs. They are the softest 109" rears, so have a lot of free camber. Once you bolt all the other bits in they will sit down.
ForumSage
Grab a pallet and put 3 or 4 bags of cement on the back of the chassis.
Then stand back and admire the result.
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Master
SupporterIsn't it supposed to have brake pipe shields?
Wizard
Yeah, that'll lower it down a full 2mm!Originally Posted by Warb
Sorry Warb, I couldn't resist.
Bill.
Master
Those are the old pipes.
They are just sitting there giving me an idea where & how to run the sparkling new copper ones,
Master
SupporterBut you'll need to take all the U-Bolts off (or at least loosen them) to get the brake line protector plates between the axle and the springs........ and regain that vital 2mm that Wagoo mentioned
If your new lines are Kunifer, make sure you keep the receipt. I spoke to my local rego tester and he said he'd pass it, but I had to prove it wasn't just copper pipe (which he wouldn't pass).
Swaggie
Don't you mean "Cunifer"?But you'll need to take all the U-Bolts off (or at least loosen them) to get the brake line protector plates between the axle and the springs........ and regain that vital 2mm that Wagoo mentioned
If your new lines are Kunifer, make sure you keep the receipt. I spoke to my local rego tester and he said he'd pass it, but I had to prove it wasn't just copper pipe (which he wouldn't pass).
Yes - copper is bad!
Super Moderator
Cunifer brake pipe is a nickel-copper alloy and are branded as brake pipe, the same as flexible brake hoses are branded, so you shouldn't need to keep the receipt.
However if your "cunifer" brake pipe isn't branded, then you have likely been sold copper tube.
Diana
You won't find me on: faceplant; Scipe; Infragam; LumpedIn; ShapCnat or Twitting. I'm just not that interesting.
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