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Thanks Mike ,,,,Doing this in my mom's garage up in Paw Paw (while on vacation and visiting,,,plus she is about 30 minutes from US131 ) with limited tool supplies...lol

I'll have to pick up some jack stands at the local Tractor Supply,,,


The spring/frame bracket seems to be binding up on the front eye portion of the spring ....was going to put a washer between the outside of the spring eye,,,and inside of the frame bracket,,maybe a little grease to that area wouldnt hurt as well ?
(right now,,,the front eye/spring portion is "clamped" next to the bracket with NO gap what so ever ...)

The inner bushing on the front eye,,,is aluminum,,,with a inner steel "sleeve" that the bolt runs thru,,,hopefully that isnt binding either,,,

Thanks,

any other input always welcome....

Doug

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Doug I'm not all that familiar with the front of the
Caltrac but can you just put a prevailing torque nut
or a nylock nut on just tight enough to allow movement

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Doug I'm not all that familiar with the front of the
Caltrac but can you just put a prevailing torque nut
or a nylock nut on just tight enough to allow movement

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Doug I'm not all that familiar with the front of the
Caltrac but can you just put a prevailing torque nut
or a nylock nut on just tight enough to allow movement

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I was going to do this,,,but,,,the frame/perch/hanger,,,to me,,,,looks too thin....
I think i am going to have some new frame hanger stuff welded in later this year....
The ones on there look to be pretty thin metal,,and actually "deform" a bit when you really tighten things up...

If your at Martin this weekend,,,you'll have to take a look at tell me what you think.....

Was hoping the washers,,would keep the frame box portion from distorting,,,,and "pinching" the front of the leaf's,,,,,not optimal,,,but hoping it will help.

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I'll take a look Saturday... looks like I might be
going there with Randy(Lab Rat) for the day

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The inner bushing should be the same width as your boxes inner spread width. Then use those big washers to line the spring/cantilever up.

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Rob,
I just got back from the garage,,figured out the problem,,,,then read your post,,,,

THIS IS THE PROBLEM..........you nailed it....

I am having some major binding issues,,,,,with the way things are setup....

I have discovered,,,like you mention above,,,,the INNER bushing is NOT the same width as my boxes inner spread width,,,,mine are TOO SHORT,,,,,,

As a result, the triangle (cantilever?),,,,is actually riding on the bolt that threads thru,,,as opposed to the inner bushing,,,on one side....therefore,,,,BINDING....

The frame box inner width is about 3 1/4",,,,
The inner bushing/sleeve,,,,looks to be 3"

I am going to have to get some new inner sleeves,,,,

I am now wondering what kind of shape they are in,,,and if i will be able to get them out of the outer aluminum bushing,,etc,,,probably seized up by now...

Might just get new outer alum bushings,,and new inner sleeve bushings,,,,and be done with it,,,

good catch Rob,,,,I just figured it out,,,and you beat me to it,,,lol ( and you were not even under the car looking at it,,,,lol).

Doug

Now i am curious what kind of effect correcting this will have on how the car leaves,,,60',,, glad i found something wrong,,,that i can fix,,,and perhaps get some improvement out of the car......

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Binding is never good .... you can never tell if
it does the same thing everytime

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