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Cheapskate requires help with telescopic front shocks

Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 9:07 pm
by leyther8008
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 :oops:
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)! :lol: :lol:
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

Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 10:19 pm
by aupickup
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

Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 10:52 pm
by Kevin
If you don't have any luck you could always ask the afore mentioned company if they could let you have a copy.

Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 8:21 am
by leyther8008
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

Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 9:36 am
by superchargedfool
Image

hows that?

Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 9:40 am
by leyther8008
Outstanding! I love this site!
Thanks
Bern

Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 9:44 am
by superchargedfool
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.

Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 12:22 am
by bmcecosse
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!

Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 8:54 am
by superchargedfool
I welded fabricated brackets on instead of what was supplied, agree totally with bmc.

Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 2:07 pm
by bmcecosse
Yes - there were pics etc of that on here just recently - the two bolt/slot job looks very unsatisfactory.