Spirng spacers

[magnusfeuer]

Does anyone have a set of spring spacers, or know where they can be bought?

I need to get the rear up another 10-20 mm to get the correct rake. The front sump is already at its 65 mm clearance threshold and I am running out of thread on the rear shocks.

Shock diameter is 1.75 inch.

/Magnus F.

[slomove]

I have some left over that I used for my previous shocks (for 1.9" diameter springs). If that fits you can have them.

Just measured...they are 16mm tall and HDPE (weigh nothing).

Correction....they are 23mm tall.

Gert

[Doug Liedblad]

Magnus

You might also try this company:

www.eibach.com

I bought some heavier front springs from Caterham USA and they are made by Eibach. (2.25" id)

A local company too.

They do list 'helper' spacers in their catalog but I would call them too.

Doug

[slomove]

That is how they look like....I turned a recess to not interfere with the C-spanners

[Elv15]

making your own spacers

Hi Magnus,

I ended up making a set of these when I switched to adjustable platforms. I simply put the non adjustable platforms into the lathe and turned them down to look like the picture above. I can look and see if I have any of the old platforms left if you want to try your hand at the same trick.

[magnusfeuer]

Gert,

Can you bring the spacers to Fontana this weekend? I'll swing by and say hello.

/Magnus F.

[slomove]

O.K., will do.

[magnusfeuer]

Gert:

The springs move around a bit too much on the HDPE platforms I got from you. I am a bit uneasy about the springs not being centered. I will try to lathe down my old adjustable platforms from my Bilstein dampers and turn them into top-hat platforms.

/Magnus F.

[slomove]

If you want to butcher the plastic spacers that is O.K. with me. Otherwise you can toss them. I don't need them any more (were used for my old SPAX shocks).

I have heard that some people had issues with springs rubbing at the shocks but that was mainly when the springs flexed and buckled.

Gert