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Old 25th July 2010, 11:13 PM
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Default Wishbone shock bracket.

Todays job was getting my suspension brackets welded to the chassis. When i got to the rear of the car this evening i realised a stupid mistake i'd made on one of my lower wisbones...

I've welded one of the wishbone brackets onto the plate instead of a shock bracket!

Will the iva man be ok with a spacer each side of the shock in the bracket? Because grinding it off the plate won't be easy.

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Old 26th July 2010, 12:16 AM
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please dont take this as gospel
but i read on lcb that somebody had a hard time at iva
using washers as spacers....
i really would check this out..
but no way could the iva man be upset by a machined spacer/ top-hat shaped thingy
as these are the norm when fitting rod ends etc and are obviously infinitely variable for adjustment of angles
ie .one thick one thin ..etc etc
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Old 26th July 2010, 10:48 AM
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You need to pack out the damper on the rear uprights too David, i believe this would be okay on the front to for the IVA man. It's more just the cosmetic look on the front of the car.

If i can see correctly on the pic i would consider flattening the ends of the tubes where they meet the wishbone plate at the end and welding these fully to the plate either side. After a fair few miles the plate can bend up from 10deg upto 20 - 30deg and put a lot of stress on the Maxi joint, if you fully weld this area, and grind it flush, it will give a lot more support to the end of the plate and stop it bending.

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Old 26th July 2010, 05:42 PM
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Thanks for the replies, and i'll do that with the ends of my tubes. Cheers.
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