Re: [ihc] A Shocking Question

[John Hofstetter <hofs@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wednesday, October 8, 2003, at 12:13  PM, Daniel Nees wrote:

> Pete,
>    You get what you pay for. If you use cheap hardware on the shocks 
> you
> will keep loosing bolts and nuts.
>    Go buy real Grade 8 bots, nuts, washers and lockwashers and torque
> them to about 60 ft-lbs or untill the rubber bushing is really squished
> but, not till the washers are tight on the metal eye. This will keep 
> the
> hardware where it belongs, and not some guys windshield on the highway.
>    I was constanly loosing these bolts till I bought East Coast Scout
> Parts spring and shock bolt kit. It comes with grade 8 bolts to do all 
> 4
> spring bushing hangers and the shock mounts.
>
> Dan Nees
To add to what Dan is saying, I welded Grade 8 washers on each side of 
the oblong hole on the mount.

John Hofstetter
www.goldrush.com/~hofs