Post by yanser68 on Dec 5, 2009 6:50:35 GMT -8
I decided to let Tony Down for the weekend and maybe for next weeks X-Mas Cruise too!! This is Tony's regular ride height!!
Getting Yani to lend me the garage is usually the hardest part!!
Once he is in there I raise him up and secure him on jackstands..
and this is what you see on a swing axle model..
First I remove the shock...
Then I go to work on the three bolts that hold the spring plate...
Once those are off move the drum to the rear and disengage it from the spring plate, I place a jack under the spring plate for safety reason..
The spring plate is under tension, and it needs to be held before you remove the cover plate, if it were to disengage and hit you it could really hurt you. After the jack is in place I remove the cover plate...
Once the cover plate is off, I mark the location of the spring plate in relation to the tension bar with a chisel...
You will see the spring plate has grooves or "notches" inside the circle area, the trick is to take the spring plate out leaving the torsion bar in, and moving the spring plate "1 notch up" Just one is good, 2 your dangerously low, (but looks really good LOL). Before I create tension I measure a point on the spring plate so both sides are identical, on Tony at this point is 7/8 of an inch...
Raise the spring plate with the jack, until it clears the stop on the bottom of the housing and replace the spring plate cover!! and from here is all rebuilding in order what you took off!! ond here is Tony one notch lower...
but now the front end is a little too high!! I never recomend this to my friends, but I do, do it to Tony, weired but hey I know my little 68 and he only rides like this for a week or so!! When the money is available he will be getting a narrowed and adjustable beam! but for now this will do!! Wont do the step by step (dont want to get anyone in trouble!!) but here are some pics..
and here is Tony at the meet with his friends!!
Getting Yani to lend me the garage is usually the hardest part!!
Once he is in there I raise him up and secure him on jackstands..
and this is what you see on a swing axle model..
First I remove the shock...
Then I go to work on the three bolts that hold the spring plate...
Once those are off move the drum to the rear and disengage it from the spring plate, I place a jack under the spring plate for safety reason..
The spring plate is under tension, and it needs to be held before you remove the cover plate, if it were to disengage and hit you it could really hurt you. After the jack is in place I remove the cover plate...
Once the cover plate is off, I mark the location of the spring plate in relation to the tension bar with a chisel...
You will see the spring plate has grooves or "notches" inside the circle area, the trick is to take the spring plate out leaving the torsion bar in, and moving the spring plate "1 notch up" Just one is good, 2 your dangerously low, (but looks really good LOL). Before I create tension I measure a point on the spring plate so both sides are identical, on Tony at this point is 7/8 of an inch...
Raise the spring plate with the jack, until it clears the stop on the bottom of the housing and replace the spring plate cover!! and from here is all rebuilding in order what you took off!! ond here is Tony one notch lower...
but now the front end is a little too high!! I never recomend this to my friends, but I do, do it to Tony, weired but hey I know my little 68 and he only rides like this for a week or so!! When the money is available he will be getting a narrowed and adjustable beam! but for now this will do!! Wont do the step by step (dont want to get anyone in trouble!!) but here are some pics..
and here is Tony at the meet with his friends!!
When did you start the job and when did you finish it? What did Yani thinks about Toy's new look? Once you install a narrow beam, are you keeping the same wheels or are you rolling diffenrent ones?
