70_Fastback
Hell Bent for Speed
And I am finally getting around to uploading the rest of the pics of the bushing spacer and the powder finish. Sorry it took so long.
I made these bushings to take of the slack of the old rubber bushings in the strut rod mounting holes:
It's actually 3/8/ steel cut out with an 1-5/8" hole saw. The I.D. of the hole saw was the exact fit. Center drilled out to a tight 5/8".
The spacer fits the hole perfectly:
Stut rod temporarily installed. It fit - but the regular nut was touching just a tad, so I changed to a jamb nut for final assembly:
And as far as the nut retaining side, I wasn't comfortable with just the 5/8" washer over that enlarged hole - it just wasn't big enough in my opinion so I cut out my own heavy duty, enlarged washers. Note the middle is the standard 5/8" washer in comparison to my cut spacer on top - not much size difference. My fab'd one on the bottom. Much larger:
And here they are powder coated and finished:
Now to do some undercarriage cleaning and repainting.... :hide
I made these bushings to take of the slack of the old rubber bushings in the strut rod mounting holes:
It's actually 3/8/ steel cut out with an 1-5/8" hole saw. The I.D. of the hole saw was the exact fit. Center drilled out to a tight 5/8".
The spacer fits the hole perfectly:
Stut rod temporarily installed. It fit - but the regular nut was touching just a tad, so I changed to a jamb nut for final assembly:
And as far as the nut retaining side, I wasn't comfortable with just the 5/8" washer over that enlarged hole - it just wasn't big enough in my opinion so I cut out my own heavy duty, enlarged washers. Note the middle is the standard 5/8" washer in comparison to my cut spacer on top - not much size difference. My fab'd one on the bottom. Much larger:
And here they are powder coated and finished:
Now to do some undercarriage cleaning and repainting.... :hide
