Rear Suspension Adjustable Mounts

[Nigel Rogers]

There is an earlier post (2003) about modifying the rear suspension upper spring seats using M20 threaded bar and the McPherson strut upper seats to give a fully adjustable setup for the original Sierra springs/shockers. Has anyone adopted this setup? Did it get thro' the SVA? Are there any other setups using original springs and shockers out there?

 

Cheers

[Guest Petemate]

I have the set-up in my pictures, taken from the Yahoo files. Looks a good arrangement, don't see why it shouldn't pass - so I'll keep an eye on the replies, as I'd like to adopt it for my car.

Petemate

[Nigel Rogers]

Thanks Petemate,

 

I have decided to go this route anyway. My donor came fitted with Monroe McPherson struts which are too big to fit in the chassis except for the bits at the ends. I have cut both ends of the struts off and drilled the blank end (20mm). The two ends will bolt together with the threaded bar. Doing it this way means the threaded bar passes thro' the part of the strut where the original shaft was, which should make it stronger laterally and then I can install this arrangement in the chassis tube as you would with the McPherson.

 

If it's not acceptable for the SVA, I will just have to get hold of an original pair of struts and fit them!

 

Cheers