Cheapskate requires help with telescopic front shocks

Post by **leyther8008** » Mon May 12, 2008 9:07 pm

Ok I admit it I,m tight! but when the chance came to buy a N.O.S. kit for the front of the minor cheap I bought it.
Now problem is the sheet of diagrams that came with the kit are so old and done on a gestetner type machine that all that is left is a blank sheet of a4 paper

So has anybody got a good set of instructions? or could someone pop off a couple of shots of your installation and post them for me?
The kit was originaly supplied by the company whos name is also a famous film distributors (mem gee mem, just in case I'm not allowed to mention them by proper name)!

Any help with regards to the size and position of the slot to be cut and the drillings for the smaller bracket would be very much appreciated.
Regards
Bern

Post by **aupickup** » Mon May 12, 2008 10:19 pm

the slot i beleive is the thickness of the plate of course and the position is just by the large round hole on the inner wing

the reat will be fairly obvious

i may have a set of instructions in the garage will look tom nite

Post by **Kevin** » Mon May 12, 2008 10:52 pm

If you don't have any luck you could always ask the afore mentioned company if they could let you have a copy.

Post by **leyther8008** » Tue May 13, 2008 8:21 am

Thanks for that, I will e-mail them if all else fails, but I,ve never seen one installed anywhere and a picture is worth a thousand words as they say!
Bern

Post by **superchargedfool** » Tue May 13, 2008 9:36 am

hows that?

Post by **leyther8008** » Tue May 13, 2008 9:40 am

Outstanding! I love this site!
Thanks
Bern

Post by **superchargedfool** » Tue May 13, 2008 9:44 am

you're welcome.

I think this is what this site is all about. You asked for info and within a few hours you get it. If it isn't going to cost you anything to help someone then why not, eh.

Post by **bmcecosse** » Fri May 16, 2008 12:22 am

This looks (to me) a very poor method of mounting to the inner wing - and I suggest instead you use a properly fabricated bracket arrangement welded to the inner wing rather than a slot and two bolts!

Post by **superchargedfool** » Fri May 16, 2008 8:54 am

I welded fabricated brackets on instead of what was supplied, agree totally with bmc.

Post by **bmcecosse** » Fri May 16, 2008 2:07 pm

Yes - there were pics etc of that on here just recently - the two bolt/slot job looks very unsatisfactory.