[BaadAssGremlins] Re: 77 AMX leaf springs wanted

["Dan M." <vegadan@xxxxxxxxx>]

Ok, I just got off of the phone with Espo and I'm not sure what to 
do.  According to the person that I talked to, the leaf eyelets are 
made with a tolerance of about +/- 1/16".  I guess that all 
manufactured items have tolerances, but it seems a little excessive 
since the bushing pretty much giggles around in the eyelet.  I was 
told that once the shackles are tightened, the bushing will expand 
to make up the space.  Supposedly, they have answered this question 
before, and have never had a problem.  Now I'm wondering if my "fix" 
is the right thing to do (after it's already in the car!).  When I 
said that adding the red rubber made things snug, I really meant 
snug!  The only way that the the bolts would pivot inside the 
busings (even after adding grease to be able to assemble them) was 
once the springs were bolted in, the weight of the car forced the 
spring flat so that the shackle would rotate around the shackle 
bolts.  I will check the "bushing expansion" theory tonite.

Dan
--- In BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Dan M." <vegadan@...> wrote:
>
> Doc, my car is a 6/4 speed amx.  It doesn't have a front sway 
bar.  
> I was thinking of adding both a front and a rear sometime down the 
> road.  The car is not really fast, but it is a lot of fun to 
drive.  
> Plus, I have plans for some minor mods for some extra hp.
> 
> Onree, you are correct, this is a question that I will contact 
Espo 
> about, since I bought everything from them.  Unfortunately, they 
> won't be in their office until Monday, and I was hoping to get the 
> car on the road this weekend.  I imagine that I would have to wait 
> for them to send me another pair of springs, or bushings that will 
> fit the ones that I have, but I figure that as long as my solution 
> is ok, I will get it together this weekend, and then call them on 
> Monday and see where it goes.
> 
> Thanks for all the input guys.
> 
> Dan
> 
> --- In BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Onree <onree@> wrote:
> >
> > 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@ 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?
> > > 
> > > 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:
> > >> 
> > >> 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"
> > >> 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Yahoo! Groups Links
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > >
> >
>






 
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