Re: [DML] Machined lower control arms and Eibach setup

["Harold McElraft" <hmcelraft@xxxxxxx>]

Yes - in the original message. That's why I said what I did. It 
doesn't sound like a big deal - just increase the size of the opening 
some. I got the impression that what ever shock was on to start with 
was working fine and without damage. Best check the travel then. The 
shock is probably going "over center" (or more over-center) at the 
end of the travel.

Harold McElraft -3354


--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "John Hervey" <john@...> wrote:
>
> Harold, Did anyone say where it was rubbing.
> john
> 
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of
> Harold McElraft
> Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2008 12:55 PM
> To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [DML] Machined lower control arms and Eibach setup
> 
> I suspect that the cause of the damage is the travel of the shock 
> more so than the diameter of the shock. That said, OEM control arms 
> accommodate a wide variety of shocks without issue because of a 
wide 
> opening.
> 
> Harold McElraft - 3354
> 
> 
> 
> --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Peter Kirchgessner" <fromyahoo@> 
> wrote:
> >
> > John,
> > 
> > thank you for the information. I just had a look at the Nissan 
> shocks
> > this morning. They are 39 mm wide at the bottom. And they show two
> > marks where they are hitting the control arm and have been 
deformed.
> > So the original shocks would not solve the problem. I will think 
> about
> > the possibilities I see: Grinding away aluminum where the shocks 
hit
> > the arms or replacing the control arms with nowadays improved
> > replacement parts that are working with Eibach setup.
> > 
> > Kind regards
> > 
> > Peter
> > 
> > --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "John Hervey" <john@> wrote:
> > >
> > > The OD is 40mm at the bottom of the shock.
> > >  
> > > John
> >
> 
> 
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