Re: [ihc] Scout II front end question

["Ryan Moore" <baradium@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John M. Adams" <jma@domain.elided>
To: "Ihc@Digest. Net" <ihc@domain.elided>
Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 19:52
Subject: [ihc] Scout II front end question


> On my Scout, I have what I think is a PO modification to the front end,
but
> I'm not sure (still pretty new to me, remember...) If it is a mod, it was
> done well, but it doesn't make sense to me that International would have
> done it this way. I'll try to describe it:
>
> There's a set of two angle brackets, each bolted to the inside of the
front
> spring shackles. Actually, the brackets take the place of the inside
halves
> of the shackle sets, replacing what is normally (?) a matching piece of
> straight steel. (On the Scout 800, for instance, where the shackles are on
> the front also, they're just two matching pieces, pinned top and bottom.)
> Between these brackets, and bolted to their other surface (90 degrees to
the
> shackle side surface), there's a piece of angle iron that runs across the
> front of the Scout, connecting the two shackle sets in a more or less
rigid
> configuration.
>
> The whole thing looks "professional" in terms of form and fit, but when I
> look at it, I think "this is wrong".

That's the factory sway bar, it's supposed to be there, it's supposed to
look like that, and yes it does twist enough to allow spring deflection.

Feel better?

-Ryan


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