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spring plate swapping
This may seem like a strange question, or maybe not, but if your original spring plate bushings are generally in decent shape other than maybe out of round due to years of sitting on them, can they be swapped from one side of the car to the other thereby reversing the sag in the bushings. If they are switched from side to side the bottom of the bushings would now be on top of the other side . The spring plates look symetetrical to me. This would allow one to keep the original bonded bushings. Just a thought? Still trying to decide on alternative bushing selections, Jerry
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12-21-2005, 06:19 PM
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It's so much work to do this that it just doesn't make sense.
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12-21-2005, 07:04 PM
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yup & if out of round they are probably really really hard too.
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12-21-2005, 08:34 PM
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edit, nevermind. read that wrong.
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12-21-2005, 08:57 PM
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If they're out of round, they're too old and worth replacing. It'll really improve your driveability. I'd suggest getting Neatrix bushings, or some of the cool stuff like Chuck M. (Elephant Racing) sells.
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12-22-2005, 04:12 AM
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According to some long-time P-car mechanics I've spoken to, swapping the spring plates was a fairly common practice when the bushings started to wear. Of course this was prior to the availability of the Elephant products, Neatrix, etc.
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12-22-2005, 09:35 AM
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