Re: Coil Spring Clamps

[farna@xxxxxxx]

Not quite that easy, but close. The plate has to be thick enough to be threaded (fine threads) -- 3/8" steel or 1/2" aluminum. Then you have to leave room for the spindle bolts to overlap. It mounts like this:
              |               |
         |-| /               /                -|                 
      ===| |-|               |                 |-               |
         |-| |               |                -|             ===|
           |-|               |                 |-               |
             ----            ----
     Entire Assembly    Steering Knuckle    Plate w/bolts    Spindle

You may need to copy this and use a monospace or Times Roman 10 point font to see it correctly. The four center holes need threading because a bolt head or nut won't clear the spindle and steering knuckle. You'll need to get bolts the correct length as they can't extend through the plate very much. When torquing the bolts you don't want the ends bottoming out -- you'll torque against what they touch rather than having the correct clamping force. The bolts should be tightened to 80-90 lb/ft and be grade 8. These will increase track a bit. If that's a big concern it wouldn't be difficult to incorporate the caliper mounts into the plate design. 


On August 3, 2005 Armand Eshleman wrote:

> Neil,
> A while back I was asking a question similar to this. A very good guy from
> Texas responded
> with an idea he and his brother used on their AMCs. They bolted a plate of
> steel between the
> upright and the spindle to drop the front of their cars two inches or more.
> They had a machinist
> drill the plates for them and then all they had to do was unbolt the spindle
> and bolt in the plate.
> Armand
> 
> From: "Neil Shaw" <neil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "The List" <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Coil Spring Clamps
> Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2005 15:38:51 -0500
> Message-ID: <FAEPIOEBCLAPEDHBGHLDEEDMCEAA.neil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> I would like to lower the front end on our Javelin 1" or so without cutting
> the coil springs. Has anyone used those screw clamp deals that clamp a
> couple of coils together from Autozone, etc? Do they work ok and are they
> reliable? Or, is this a really poor solution to doing it right?
> Thanks,
> Neil Shaw
> '72 Javelin w/304


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