Re: Springover Update, parts needed

[Tom Mandera <tsm1@domain.elided>]

Curt Cleavinger wrote:
> Ordered a rear driveshaft from Six States, should receive it today.
> Jacked up one rear wheel to check clearance. It began rubbing the

Did you articulate the axle w/o tires to measure for the driveshaft
then?..

> front of the wheel well way before full upward travel. I did some

On the front?  I thought the axle should roll rearward under compression
and away from this lip?  Are you arching the springs negative at this
point?

> and confirmed that he moved his rear axle back one inch. I'll
> remove the rear axle this weekend and redrill the main leaf to
> accomplish this (you can also do this with modifications to the
> spring perch, but drilling the main leaf seemed more
> straightforward to me). I'm considering (on Tony Sobrito's

I'm told drilling the main leaf is a PITA.  Spring steel isn't very
happy to be drilled.

I was thinking on this subject recently.  I'm still planning to fab my
own spring perches. (sorry, Allan.. I have a *few* to make).. and I
think I'll just do the perch w/o a center pin for a while.. test the
suspension out, and see where the spring should be centered, and *then*
drill the center pin and make the U-bolt plates to match.

-Tom