Rear coil-over shock......
03-07-2003, 03:46 PM
#31
Rennlist Junkie Forever
I have seen one person at Willow Springs, that came in with a broken shock bolt. Lucky for him, it broke on a straight.
The problem was that his bolts weren't tight. That allowed for the shock to move around, which is what probably broke the bolt.
I helped him out, and we jacked up the other side of the car to get the other good bolt out, so that he could go to a hardware store and purchase a replacement, so that he could continue racing.
The problem was that the other bolt was "finger" tight. That pretty much told me what the problem was.
I run coil overs on my 951 w/o torsion bars and have never had a problem. FWIW, I did have the spherical bearings removed and poly bushings installed due to the fact that this is a street car, not a dedicated track car and I don't like the noise of spherical bearings on the street (that and the fact that there's no dust seals, and no way to lubricate them and/or keep the lubrication "in").
No problems thus far.
The problem was that his bolts weren't tight. That allowed for the shock to move around, which is what probably broke the bolt.
I helped him out, and we jacked up the other side of the car to get the other good bolt out, so that he could go to a hardware store and purchase a replacement, so that he could continue racing.
The problem was that the other bolt was "finger" tight. That pretty much told me what the problem was.
I run coil overs on my 951 w/o torsion bars and have never had a problem. FWIW, I did have the spherical bearings removed and poly bushings installed due to the fact that this is a street car, not a dedicated track car and I don't like the noise of spherical bearings on the street (that and the fact that there's no dust seals, and no way to lubricate them and/or keep the lubrication "in").
No problems thus far.
