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Re: Fw: Cape Adjustable Trunnion Kit

To: "Blue One Hundred" <healey.nut@gmail.com>,
Subject: Re: Fw: Cape Adjustable Trunnion Kit
From: "Bob Spidell" <bspidell@comcast.net>
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 05:11:34 -0800
Dumb question: can the shock be moved with the spring in place?

Think I've seen at least one of these rigs with set screws for positioning 
the shock.

bs
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Bob Spidell         San Jose, CA        bspidell@comcast.net
'67 Austin-Healey 3000             '56 Austin-Healey 100M
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Subject: Re: Fw: Cape Adjustable Trunnion Kit


> David -
> Actually not useless at all!
> Both Kilmartin and Dennis Welch sell these adjustable plates these days...
> so what's new is old is new again. Actually I think this solution is more
> elegant & durable than the offset trunion.
> Cheers!!
> Alan
> '53 BN1 '64 BJ8
> 
> On 11/10/05, David Ward <david@bighealey.ltd.uk> wrote:
>>
>> Hello Gentlemen,
>> many years ago when I needed to carry out this operation what we did was
>> to
>> "open up" one end of the front shock absorber plate and slot the threaded
>> fixing holes to allow the bolt to go right through and machine up a square
>> plate that slides into the top shocker plate that has four threaded holes
>> in
>> it for the fixing bolts, this way there is adjustment in the mounting
>> location of the front shock absorber as required.
>> If this piece of artistic useless crap is of any use to
>> anyone..............good luck.
>> Regards.
>> David.




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