Dear Listers,
Are all BJ8 rear spring shackle lower bolt to upper shackle bolt distances
the same?
I9ve taken off a set on my 65 BJ8 each of which has one fixed pin and one
not (oddly, they are different diameters as well). What I have looks a bit
like an older 100-6 set up with a shaved-head bolt on the one non-fixed
side. Got new springs and got a new shackle set and they have a wider
distance, bolt shackle to frame and bolt shackle to spring -- about a good
quarter of an inch more distance between these two bolts, that is. What will
this mean, if anything, re wheel height into wheel well, etc.? Was my
original set up just weird? Am I in for it when I try to do this job? (I9ve
read the archives and gleaned caveats from web stories re leaf spring
hassles. Am a bit worried.)
BTW - -the springs that came off with these odd (?) shackles are almost flat
(and have more leafs) compared to the new replacement ones that I got with
big bows in them.
TIA for help on this and other ongoing sagas.
Tom
65 BJ8 in process
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