Re: Spring Mounts

[bobb@domain.elided (Bob Blair)]

Hey Tom,

That's the great thing about metal fatigue, you don't know when it will 
strike.  One of the reasons most people don't have 20+ year old vehicles.


BYW, I think I found a solution to the shackle flipping in the front.  But
I have to finish it & TEST it before I say too much!
Bob

At 01:19 AM 3/8/99 -0700, Tom Mandera wrote:
>On Sun, 7 Mar 1999, Bob Blair wrote:
>
>> I think the rear spring mount breaks when you mash it into a rock ;)
>
><grin>  I checked and double checked the driver's side rear mount.. which 
>I *know* was up against some Holy Cross rocks this summer.. but it's fine.
>
>I haven't been rock crawling since this summer.. we've been playing in 
>that nice soft snow all winter.. yet the mount was broken.. hrrmm.
>
>> If you start snapping the zerk in the front driveshaft replace it with 
>> a plug.  The shorter plug won't snap off.  Swap the plug & zerk to grease.
>
>Actually, it broke sometime between when I put the grease gun on it, and 
>when I removed the grease gun.  I found a spring and a few small parts 
>attached to the end of my grease gun when I pulled it away... d'oh. ;-)
>
>-Tom
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