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| Steve40th | Lowering , revisited. | ||
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Okay, so I noticed my right side was lower than the left side on my 93. Nothing seemed right. So, I decided to take a looksee. Put her on a lift, nothing obvious.
So, I went to work to remove the spring, as CC hada problem once before with epoxy. Well, the right side had slipped off of the spring. This caused the right side to go lower than the left. Well, I bought some super duper epoxy from a Marine store, and will give it a try. It is in the Hobby shop curing for the 24hrs needed to get the full 150000 psi strenght , etc etc. But, when a person decides to lower, I am going to recommend they just take the aluminum spacers out, and cut the rubber on there down a little. This will keep the factory fusion process they use to keep that rubber on, which is good. That way you dont have to find the right epoxy, etc etc.. Then, if it isnt low enough, then just cut part of or all of the pad eyes on the end of the spring. Thats my take. Sorry so long winded. |
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Posted on: 2011/4/4 2:36
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| Matatk | Re: Lowering , revisited. | ||
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Good tip, Steve. Not long winded at all
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Posted on: 2011/4/4 3:03
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| Steve40th | Re: Lowering , revisited. | ||
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Here is the stuff I used today.
http://westsystem.com/ss/g-flex-epoxy/ |
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Posted on: 2011/4/4 3:40
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| CentralCoaster | Re: Lowering , revisited. | ||
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I need to get in there again, on my next attempted I'll try glueing the wedges to the metal above.
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Posted on: 2011/4/4 7:17
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| Steve40th | Re: Lowering , revisited. | ||
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Funny you mentioned that. I was so close to gluing the wedges to the metal above, as they have more surface area to hold too. I decided to do it the other way, and see how this epoxy works. If it does, which I think it will, good for me. I did put two aluminum plates in there too. The car is just so much lower with the corvette challenge spring. Good thing is I can adjust the height with the pad eye bushings I made out of delrin. The slide in and out real easy. |
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Posted on: 2011/4/4 16:14
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| bam | Re: Lowering , revisited. | ||
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Steve did you install the wedges "as is" ie w/o modifying them? When I put mine in I could not see how that "wedge" design would work very well, the point of the wedge puts a lot of pressure where it touches the frame, so I sanded the point off the wedge, so far no problems. |
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Posted on: 2011/4/4 16:46
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| Steve40th | Re: Lowering , revisited. | ||
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My point was flattened to about 1/2 to 3/4 inch as it was in there a while. I see where you are coming from. I think with the original design, gm had rubber with the plates above. The rubber had much more give in it, as where the wedges dont give at all. The rubber allowed the spring to move left and right a little per design. If this breaks again, I will get a good piece of rubber, as close to the durometer(Spelling -5 points) of the factory rubber, and reapply it. I may even apply it more solid, how?, I dont know. |
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Posted on: 2011/4/4 17:23
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| CentralCoaster | Re: Lowering , revisited. | ||
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In 85, the rubber mounts on the spring actually encapsulated a nylon (delrin?) convex piece and an aluminum concave piece to allow smooth rotation of the spring.
I agree that the wedge solution isn't great, because as the spring moves, the wedges want to move in and out. This grinds the wedges against the frame and wears them down, and eventually will pull them loose. I've been through 3 different epoxies by now. Maybe I will glue the wedge to the aluminum spacer, then put that against the top of the channel. Or coilovers. I don't mind the leaf spring but these lowering wedges are so halfasssed. |
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Posted on: 2011/4/4 19:26
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| Epimax | Re: Lowering , revisited. | ||
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Indeed-Good info!  |
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Posted on: 2011/4/5 13:10
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