corazon
Well-Known Member
Hi all, been thinking around this for a while and wanted to see what anyone else thought, maybe one of you was even on the production line at some point..
So the rear spring cup towers are drilled for the shocks off centre. Mine some 17mm difference side to side.
I’m guessing this was done on a jig after the crossmember, trailing arms and diff were all fitted? Then the resting position arc of the trailing arm with spring and shock was used to align the holes..
The thing that’s puzzling me a bit is why they couldn’t be centred if the trailing arms are constantly moving in and out sideways with the dedion tube expanding and contracting anyway?
The reason I’m interested is that I’m modifying this area and plan to fit coilovers into spherical mounts that bolt into a new structural tube design.
My thinking is that I can centre them now since there is no large separate road spring to locate just the coilover top and bottom mounts, further still the lower mounting also has flexibility as it will be custom.
Thoughts?
Jim
So the rear spring cup towers are drilled for the shocks off centre. Mine some 17mm difference side to side.
I’m guessing this was done on a jig after the crossmember, trailing arms and diff were all fitted? Then the resting position arc of the trailing arm with spring and shock was used to align the holes..
The thing that’s puzzling me a bit is why they couldn’t be centred if the trailing arms are constantly moving in and out sideways with the dedion tube expanding and contracting anyway?
The reason I’m interested is that I’m modifying this area and plan to fit coilovers into spherical mounts that bolt into a new structural tube design.
My thinking is that I can centre them now since there is no large separate road spring to locate just the coilover top and bottom mounts, further still the lower mounting also has flexibility as it will be custom.
Thoughts?
Jim