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Spring shackles, nut?

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Lucy1978:
That may be true but if you go to a parts suppliers, they need to give you the correct part otherwise they get grief (from folk like you, see your rants about Paddocks), they search for u bolts, it brings up a stack of different options. Unless you have one there to compare it with they're going to tell you to go and find out what axle you've got so they can give you the right ones. Especially as a lot of folk these days don't have the experience of series motors to know that the parts are pretty much the same.

NiteMare:
i took my old U-bolts to craddocks  when i swapped axles on the front of my bitsa, the old U-bolts were too small to go round my new axle tube without a big hammer and then wouldn't go thru the spring plate and visually i would have said the axles were identical , they couldn't help me with replacements so i had to hunt down a spring manufacturer to help with replacements...

it seems that not ALL axles are quite the same...

i've a feeling that the axles on my lightweight chassis and my Aussie/New Zealand 88" (Chalkie) are going to carry different U-bolts to a standard Rover axle due to the reinforcing ribs on both of them

bogie:
Ive had that problem but made them fit,but you see all these adverts for parabollock springs that state,comes with free u bolts,they never give you a choice on which size you may want!!

kevinragman:
Good evening blokes!!  Update on these bloody springs!!  i got to change the rears, after many hours of air gun work and a plasma cutter to get the bushes out from the chassis!!  Only had to do this cause the bolts snapped and rotted to the bushes!!  Only the front to do now!!  Any offers??  bloody nightmare they are!!  :cry: :cry:

bogie:
Hi mate,it aint that hard,blow torch the bush till it burns and knock the centre out then use a hack saw putting the blade through the bush before attaching it,saw a little then chissel it out,bout an hour mate...

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