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Re: My EK project
Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2012 11:38 am
by MeFB
Re: My EK project
Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2012 12:12 pm
by 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

Re: My EK project
Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2012 12:36 pm
by Aussie Bob
Mick wrote: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
Re: My EK project
Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2012 1:35 pm
by 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
Re: My EK project
Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2012 1:45 pm
by 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
Re: My EK project
Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2012 1:47 pm
by 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
Re: My EK project
Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2012 1:55 pm
by Aussie Bob
Oh yes, mine are only 1 1/2" ... Jas is gone all the way

... I know see the danger in that.
Steve
Re: My EK project
Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2012 5:50 pm
by wot179
Sputzwagon wrote:wot179 wrote: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.

Re: My EK project
Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2012 10:18 pm
by Mick Jagger
Re: My EK project
Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 8:42 pm
by Mick Jagger
Re: My EK project
Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 8:42 pm
by Mick Jagger
Re: My EK project
Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 8:43 pm
by Mick Jagger
Re: My EK project
Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 8:44 pm
by Mick Jagger
Re: My EK project
Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 8:47 pm
by muza
Re: My EK project
Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2012 5:37 am
by Mick Jagger
nah its untreated