G'day
It seems to me that this is a very simple operation and that a 2in piece
of timber works perfectly.
Wood is a wonderful tool as it can be cut to any size you want. You can
also use a 2 inch block when the car is sitting on stands with its
wheels removed.
Sigh!
Hoo Roo
Patrick Quinn
Sydney, Australia
1947 Healey Duncan Saloon (& lots of wood)
1954 Austin-Healey 100 BN3/1 (just a little bit of wood)
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-healeys@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-healeys@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of jerry adams
Sent: Friday, 7 July 2006 12:30 AM
To: Bob Spidell
Cc: Healey list
Subject: Re: Setting ride height with spacer prior to setting final
front bushing torque
Bob,
Your reply got to bothering me about using a 2" bolt, so I went to our
company tool crib and got a 1/2-13 x 2" bolt and measured. It is 2 1/4"
long. The head is 1/4" thick so one would have to use a 1/2-13 x 1 3/4"
long bolt for the spacer to measure 2" long for the shock arm. Of
course other 2" size bolts may be shorter or longer.
Jerry
BN2
Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net> wrote:
David,
According to the Bentley reprint of the shop manual, "the length of the
distance piece must be 2 in."
I use a 2-inch bolt.
bs
DavidWMalaney@eaton.com wrote:
>All,
>
>I have read that you should place a spacer between the shock arm and
>shock platform in order to approximate laden ride height for final
>torque setting on front suspension bushings. Here is the question:
>should the spacer be 1.5 inch or 2 inch? Seems I have come across both
dimensions in the archives.
>Which one's right? Or, either one will work and be close enough.
>TIA
>
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'67 Austin-Healey 3000 '56 Austin-Healey 100M
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