My EK project

[MeFB]

Couldn't help noticing this...

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[Mick]

i've flipped the top leaf but it was to low for what i wanted

and jazz don't use those lowering blocks far far to dangerous i don't know how the people driving around in the thousands of cars fitted with them are still alive

[Aussie Bob]

i've flipped the top leaf but it was to low for what i wanted

and jazz don't use those lowering blocks far far to dangerous i don't know how the people driving around in the thousands of cars fitted with them are still alive

Hey Mick, what is dangerous about lowering blocks? Never thought of them as dangerous . I would be very interested to know, as I do have a set on one of my cars ... are they legal?

As a side ... I do remember having home made tube "tramp rods" on EH's as kids, with the big bumper stop rubber at the front making the rod angled towards the road ... and when you go a rear flat tyre ... ouch.

Steve

[Mick]

nothing wrong with them it was to do with someone else's post pointing out the dangers, allthough the one's on jason's car are particularly big if you look the nuts on the u bolts and even the lower sadle sit lower than the rim so if it were to get a flat tyre the spring u bolt nuts etc would make contact with the road rather than the rim which is't ideal
after all this time i still don't know if they are legal or not some say they are some say they're not and i've had people that sell them tell me they're perfectly legal which you would think is a silly thing to do as that would then make them liable i know what jason has is illegal as there is something in the laws about nothing should hang lower than the rim

[Aussie Bob]

Thanks Mick, same as the tramp rod, when you get a flat, the dig in ... I better check mine when I'm back.

Thanks for the advice.

Steve

[Mick]

no probs, you'll probly be right as you probly only have 1.5 or 2 inch those in jasons car look like about 4 inch

[Aussie Bob]

Oh yes, mine are only 1 1/2" ... Jas is gone all the way ... I know see the danger in that.

Steve

[wot179]

A random question regarding Jases lowering....

Does anyone know if you can pull the spring pack apart, flip the top spring and bolt it back together with the rest of the leaves on top.?

I know you can flip the second one ond bolt it on over the top,cos I did that with my wagon and it pulled it down nearly 3 inches.

I'm just wondering if it will foul or bind at the eyelets front and rear if you flip the main spring.

I don't think you CAN flip the top spring Craig...that would flip it up onto the floor pan!!! (think about it )..

Scotty.

P.S. love the work Jase...keep it up!

Yeah,I know it would be curving the wrong way,but if you put all the other leafs back underneath and clamp it back together it would flatten the lot back out.

I got the second longest spring in the wagon,flipped it and put it on top of the mainspring with the other leafs still underneath and clamped it back together.

Worked a treat,and no lowering blocks required.

But Mick has given the answer I need,its just too low.

It was worth finding out.

[Mick Jagger]

i had the springs reset flat and some 50mm dumb as lowering blocks
wanted it lower so cut some fence posts up
and removed the rubber things above the axles
of course this will all be rectified in the days leading up to rego
and put back once its passed
tyre pops

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[muza]

Mick....your not burning treated pine are you?????
By the way, donk looks as!!!!!

[Mick Jagger]

nah its untreated