Re: '70 AMX Rear Suspension Question

[Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 20 Mar 2005, Steven F. Brueggeman wrote:

> Was doing some detailing work underneath my '70 AMX and noticed the front
> leaf spring bolts don't seem to go in all the way. There's about 1/8"
> between the backside of the head of the bolt and the subframe. The bolt is
> two different diameters. The thickest part is from the hex to about half the
> length. The last half is smaller in diameter including the threaded area.
> The thickest part will only pass through the inside of the subframe but not
> the outside. Is this normal? I don't recall a washer being used under the
> hex.

It sounds correct. The bolt is specially shouldered; the shoulder
extends all thw way down to the threads, and grips the subframe
bracket on the "outside" side of the bracket where the nut &
washer is. It's essentially loose -- with the gap you see -- at
the head end.

Basically it's a pin, not a bolt; a regular bolt would squeeze the
bracket. As a pin, it's a pivot and handles all the fore/aft
forces.