Re: [AMC-List] Spring perch plates...

[Ken Ames <ameskg@xxxxxxxxx>]

You 2 are talking of 2 different items. WR is looking for the EXtra plate that
the antisway bar attaches to, not the normal spring/u-bolt plate.
 
Ken Ames

Quoting Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>:

> On Tue, 22 Aug 2006, William Renshaw wrote:
> 
> > Anyone here have a good pair of spring perch plates for a rear sway bar? 
> > They mount between the leaf spring and the lower shock mount. I know that I
> 
> > can have a set made, but it might be cheaper in the long run to try to find
> 
> > an O.E.M. set.
> > Thanks in advance and any responce is greatly appreiciated.
> 
> The one with the ear and stud for the shock? If so, on small
> cars 70-up there are differences. The early (70 hornet) part is
> a big fat flat 3/8" plate of steel.  73 and later (no data) have
> a much thinner steel part, with the edges turned up to stiffen.
> It's a lot weaker, and deflects a lot when U-bolts tightened and
> has a tendency to be found cracked. The difference is weight,
> I can't believe would be more than a pound per side.
> 
> I have no spares, as our 72 Hornet sheared off a shock mount
> (wrong shocks?  who knows) and it ate the spares.
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