At 03:55 AM 8/18/00 -0500, Jay Mitchell wrote:
Jay is correct. I relied on obviously fading memories. I should have
checked my facts. Sometimes "trying to help" just confuses matters more:-)
Dick
>Dick Rasmussen wrote:
>
>>On the Europas I've owned and seen, the clearance between the
>top of the
>>eyelet and the bodywork, especially after the bushings compress,
>is
>>essentially zero.
>
>On Europas, it's actually the chassis that the shock will rub
>against if the bushing compresses sufficiently. An Elan will
>probably do the same thing. If the fiberglass wound up being
>penetrated, it would have to be the frame sheetmetal that went
>through, not the shock bushing. A Europa's chassis is stiff
>enough in this area that such an occurrence would be very
>unlikely (and very scary).
>
>Jay "got shiny spots on my chassis but no holes in the
>fiberglass" Mitchell
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