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Just be thankful that your car isn't a BN1 where you have to add a tapered
wedge into the equation =F0=9F=98=B3
On Wed, Jun 12, 2019, 5:56 AM Michael MacLean, <rrengineer.mike@att.net>
wrote:
> Well, the driver's side finished tonight anyway. Just wanted to let the
> list know I assembled the axle to the leaf spring tonight. Many thanks f=
or
> all the suggestions from the list on how to do this. I ended up doing it
> the way restorer Lynn Martin told me. (www.4everhealeys.com) Curt Arndt
> of the San Diego club got me in touch with Lynn. In an email Lynn
> explained how he does it. Put a floor jack under the leaf spring and wra=
p
> a chain under the floor jack and around the axle housing inside of the
> u-bolt location. I used a tie down strap instead of a chain. Worked jus=
t
> fine. You then set a bottle jack on top of the floor jack and under the
> u-bolt plate and lift the spring into place with the bottle jack. Easy
> peezy. Well, not that easy. Took a little fiddling to get everything to
> line up so the packing piece and the u-bolt plate hole lined up with the
> pin on the bottom of the leaf spring. At the same time the hole in the
> welded box section of the axle had to line up with the pin on the top of
> the leaf spring. I had to persuade the axle housing to move a little
> towards the passenger side to get the top pin in the hole. The panhard b=
ar
> bushings had to be compressed a little to get everything in place. I use=
d
> another tie down strap wrapped around the frame to pull it in the right
> direction. The pumpkin was held up into place with another floor jack.
> Tomorrow the other side, then on to the front suspension which is all
> rebuilt. It just needs to be bolted in. Can't exactly see the light at
> the end of the tunnel yet, but it's moving along. I have included a pictu=
re
> to help illustrate what Lynn was talking about. The second picture is a
> little fuzzy, but shows everything connected.
> Mike MacLean
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<div dir=3D"auto">Just be thankful that your car isn't a BN1 where you =
have to add a tapered wedge into the equation =F0=9F=98=B3</div><br><div cl=
ass=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Wed, Jun 12, 2=
019, 5:56 AM Michael MacLean, <<a href=3D"mailto:rrengineer.mike@att.net=
">rrengineer.mike@att.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmai=
l_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left=
:1ex"><div><div class=3D"m_2347410470341958591yahoo-style-wrap" style=3D"fo=
nt-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:16px"><div>Well, t=
he driver's side finished=C2=A0 tonight anyway.=C2=A0 Just wanted to le=
t the list know I assembled the axle to the leaf spring tonight.=C2=A0 Many=
thanks for all the suggestions from the list on how to do this.=C2=A0 I en=
ded up doing it the way restorer Lynn Martin told me. (<a href=3D"http://ww=
w.4everhealeys.com" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer">www.4everhealeys.c=
om</a>)=C2=A0 Curt Arndt of the San Diego club got me in touch with Lynn.=
=C2=A0 In an email Lynn explained how he does it.=C2=A0 Put a floor jack un=
der the leaf spring and wrap a chain under the floor jack and around the ax=
le housing inside of the u-bolt location.=C2=A0 I used a tie down strap ins=
tead of a chain.=C2=A0 Worked just fine.=C2=A0 You then set a bottle jack o=
n top of the floor jack and under the u-bolt plate and lift the spring into=
place with the bottle jack.=C2=A0 Easy peezy.=C2=A0 Well, not that easy.=
=C2=A0 Took a little fiddling to get everything to line up so the packing p=
iece and the u-bolt plate hole lined up with the pin on the bottom of the l=
eaf spring.=C2=A0 At the same time the hole in the welded box section of th=
e axle had to line up with the pin on the top of the leaf spring.=C2=A0 I h=
ad to persuade the axle housing to move a little towards the passenger side=
to get the top pin in the hole.=C2=A0 The panhard bar bushings had to be c=
ompressed a little to get everything in place.=C2=A0 I used another tie dow=
n strap wrapped around the frame to pull it in the right direction.=C2=A0 T=
he pumpkin was held up into place with another floor jack.=C2=A0 Tomorrow t=
he other side, then on to the front suspension which is all rebuilt.=C2=A0 =
It just needs to be bolted in.=C2=A0 Can't exactly see the light at the=
end of the tunnel yet, but it's moving along. I have included a pictur=
e to help illustrate what Lynn was talking about.=C2=A0 The second picture =
is a little fuzzy, but shows everything connected.</div><div>Mike MacLean<b=
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