Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Re: 77 AMX leaf springs wanted

[Onree <onree@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This may seem obvious, but why not address this question to the folks at
ESPO??? Did you get the bushings from ESPO also? Suppliers get away with
this stuff because we let them.
Onree


on 4/28/06 11:36 PM, Dan M. at vegadan@xxxxxxxxx did write:

> Ok.  I got home today and my new springs were there to greet me!  I
> was so excited.  I started to put them in, but I realized that I had a
> problem.  The rear spring eyelet is slightly bigger than the lower
> shackle bushing.  The eyelet is about 1 1/16" in diameter, while the
> bushing is 1".  I measured the old spring's eyelet, and it turned out
> to be 1" also, so I think maybe Espo made a mistake.  So my questions
> are, has anybody else encountered this, and what did they do?
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> I went to the hardware store and got a piece of red rubber, 1/16"
> thick.  I fashioned a sleeve that fit inside the eyelet, that I then
> slipped the bushing into.  It was all very snug, so I had to use
> grease to get it all together.  It fit real snug.  Any comments on
> this solution?
> 
> Thanks,
> Dan
> 
> --- In BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, AMC74HORNET@... wrote:
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>> Hey Dan that's what we are all here for to help each other. Using old
>> springs would have been a waste of time and money. I have had my
> yellow
>> 74 Hornet since it was new 32 years ago so I have an idea on many
>> problems that most Gremlin. Hornet owners have had since I have had
>> them. On my 2 1/2 year old orange 74 Hornet project I have had a few
> I
>> never had on the yellow one. I am still learning after all these
> years
>> and being a professional mechanic for over 40 years.
>> You will love the new springs. Be sure to use a good brand of HD gas
>> shocks too, you won't be sorry.
>> "Doc"
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