Fitting Rear Spring Spacer To Diff
Posted By : Andy Vowell, 22-Sep-2006, 08:36pm
What rear suspension do you have?
For a non rotoflex rear:-
1. Jack up rear high enough to get confortably under and put on axle stands
2. From inside remove spring clamp coverplate from rear axle tunnel
3. Remove all spring clamping bolts/studs from top of diff
4. jack up rear wheels so spring lifts off top of diff (may need a tap with a hammer to free up)
5. Get underneath and slide/manouvere spacer block between top of diff and underside of spring.
6. Go indoors and put plasters over your skinned knuckles
7. line up bolt holes of diff/spacer/spring
8. Swear a lot
9. get friend to help jiggle spring to line up bolt holes of diff/spacer/spring
10. Get at least two studs/bolts located through spring and spacer into diff
11. let down jacked up wheels and pray spring and spacer slot nicely onto diff
12. Fit remaining two stud/bolts and tighten down all four
13. Jack down car and roll backward and forward a bit to settle suspension
14. Replace knuckle plasters and have beer
15. Think about getting rear tracking set as now it sits lower you may have a bit more toe-in than before.
16. Drive round corners quicker
(after beer has disipated)
Easy peasy
(If you have a non-roto rear consider re drilling the rear uprights lower for a simple and cheap alternatice to a spacer)
Andy
PS Castle Combe Racing was REALLY good - Sell you children/mother/wife/house/porn collection and take up racing, It really is worth it. You don't have to be rich, in fact once racing you won't be so why worry about it
For a non rotoflex rear:-
1. Jack up rear high enough to get confortably under and put on axle stands
2. From inside remove spring clamp coverplate from rear axle tunnel
3. Remove all spring clamping bolts/studs from top of diff
4. jack up rear wheels so spring lifts off top of diff (may need a tap with a hammer to free up)
5. Get underneath and slide/manouvere spacer block between top of diff and underside of spring.
6. Go indoors and put plasters over your skinned knuckles
7. line up bolt holes of diff/spacer/spring
8. Swear a lot
9. get friend to help jiggle spring to line up bolt holes of diff/spacer/spring
10. Get at least two studs/bolts located through spring and spacer into diff
11. let down jacked up wheels and pray spring and spacer slot nicely onto diff
12. Fit remaining two stud/bolts and tighten down all four
13. Jack down car and roll backward and forward a bit to settle suspension
14. Replace knuckle plasters and have beer
15. Think about getting rear tracking set as now it sits lower you may have a bit more toe-in than before.
16. Drive round corners quicker
(after beer has disipated)Easy peasy
(If you have a non-roto rear consider re drilling the rear uprights lower for a simple and cheap alternatice to a spacer)
Andy
PS Castle Combe Racing was REALLY good - Sell you children/mother/wife/house/porn collection and take up racing, It really is worth it. You don't have to be rich, in fact once racing you won't be so why worry about it
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Fitting Rear Spring Spacer To Diff
Posted By : Bruce Sellers, 23-Sep-2006, 07:47pm
Right-o Andy, think I've got that. I have the late swingspring(long half shafts etc) on my mk2 GT6 convertible- a long story. I shall source the spacer and get back to you all with an update.
Regards
Bruce.
p.s. If I sell the single obvious cause of unnecessary large expenditure in my house, I can take up racing? Doh! that will be the Triumph sold then....-
Fitting Rear Spring Spacer To Diff
Posted By : Martin Flint, 03-Dec-2006, 10:13am
Hmm, mines rotoflex mk2.
Ive had a 1 1/2" spacer from Canley's staring at me for the last 6 months begging me to put it on.
I'm worried about wheel arch clearance really and try rub (how much does it toe the wheels away from the wheel arches?
Any different install for rotoflex?
Also i'm going to rebush, so whats your opinions of red versus blue polybush?
Are blue up to the job?
Was thinking of firmness but comfort too (yes sorry about the comfort thing)
cheers
Martin
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Fitting Rear Spring Spacer To Diff
Posted By : John Davies, 03-Dec-2006, 12:48pm
Martin,
IMHO 1.5" may be excessive - 1" was preferable for me.
John-
Fitting Rear Spring Spacer To Diff
Posted By : Bruce Sellers, 05-Dec-2006, 06:41pm
Staying with Swingspring for a tadge, here is mine with a 3/4" spacer fitted. Dead easy to do. Car looks tickety-ity-boo, and handles really nicely.
"For those about to rock- we salute you!" Come on!!!!!!!
Bruce.
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Fitting Rear Spring Spacer To Diff
Posted By : Martin Flint, 11-Dec-2006, 00:24am
Bruce, what tyre/rims are you running there?
Would they be 185/70 on 13"?
Cheers
Martin
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Fitting Rear Spring Spacer To Diff
Posted By : Steve Smith, 11-Dec-2006, 00:48am
I don't know guys, after fifteen years of racing and producing ever thicker spacers to lower the rear I've of late gone away from that. Everyone acknowledges the GT6 is short of suspension travel to start with and we negate that further with the spacers. This last season I've tossed mine and am enjoying the best handling to date, Along with other tweaks of course. I think the printed stuff of the last thirty years led me astray and I now would advocate no spacer and use all of the available suspension travel. Horses for courses still wins out in the end....Steve -
Fitting Rear Spring Spacer To Diff
Posted By : Bruce Sellers, 21-Jan-2007, 02:28pm
Hi Martin
Sorry for slow responce: 175/70's.
Cheers.
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