Re: SER1 80" narrow springs and longer shackles..

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On Mon, 2004-09-13 at 13:23, Diana Alan wrote:
> Ian
> 
> On the rear the answer is Yes - standard Series IIa/III Land-Rover spring
> shackle plates fit the narrow springs of the early series 1 models.  They
> will lift the vehicle about 5/8", you will have to visit your local
> engineering supplier to get 9/16" UNF bolts for the correct length because
> your original shackle bolts are stepped to 1/2" BSF and the later models
> bolts will be too long.
When I looked into this, I tried a shackle bolt on an SIII plate, and it
was a very loose fit (non-threaded side)..

Finding bots (or re-tapping existing SIII bolts) is not really a
problem..

I've spoken to a local machine-shop, and her reckons he could make me
some shackles, if I can give him a bolt to work from, and some lengths
to work from....

        -- 
         Ian Stuart, Perl Laghu. EDINA, Edinburgh University.
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