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Re: Replacing Shock Mounting Plate

To: "Ron Fine Esq." <ronfineesq@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: Replacing Shock Mounting Plate
From: Tracy Drummond <bighealey@charter.net>
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 06:48:38 -0700
Ron,

Sorry to delay but here are the pics of my shock tower replacement.  I 
did one side a year ago and this winter
did the whole shooting match.  this stood up to some pretty agressive 
driving up in Tahoe a few weeks back.
Hope the pics help.

http://www.wavewired.net/~tracy/suspension/suspension.htm

Tracy

Ron Fine Esq. wrote:

>I need to replace the left front shock mounting plate on my BN7 (this weekend
>hopefully).  There was a very bad repair job many years ago which I discovered
>when I tried to replace the shock recently.  The existing plate is a mess and
>I have a new plate ready to weld on.  I will be doing the R&R myself but I
>would like to get any helpful hints on aligning the new plate.  The right
>plate is in good shape so I can use it for a guide.  I have Norm Nock's "Tech
>Talk" which has a simple diagram on page 167.  The usual diagrams in the shop
>manuals are hard to read even after blowing them up on my copy machine.  Does
>anyone have any helpful hints or advise (other than "take it to a
>professional")?
>Thanks in advance.
>Ron Fine
>61BN7





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