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 amazeer
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| posted on March 17th, 2009 at 07:06 PM |
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easy one for someone with a K&L front end lying around
I'm turning my engine stand into a front end stand. can someone give me a few dimensions?
the distance between centres of the upper and lower torsion bar tubes.
the bolt hole spacings top to bottom and left to right.
Are the bolts M12?
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| posted on March 17th, 2009 at 07:44 PM |
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Silly question,but can't you lay down and measure the bolt centres on the front end?
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amazeer
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| posted on March 17th, 2009 at 09:25 PM |
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That would be real easy. If I had one on hand. Sadly my car doesnt live with me.
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| posted on March 17th, 2009 at 09:57 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by amazeer
I'm turning my engine stand into a front end stand. can someone give me a few dimensions?
the distance between centres of the upper and lower torsion bar tubes.
the bolt hole spacings top to bottom and left to right.
Are the bolts M12?
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118mm for the torsion bar tubes centre to centre
bolt spacings 55mm top and bottom..... and 290mm left to right
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cb john
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| posted on March 17th, 2009 at 10:12 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by amazeer
I'm turning my engine stand into a front end stand. can someone give me a few dimensions?
the distance between centres of the upper and lower torsion bar tubes.
the bolt hole spacings top to bottom and left to right.
Are the bolts M12?
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Is it that hard to take a measurement ?
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cb john
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| posted on March 17th, 2009 at 10:19 PM |
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Sorry, I didn't read posts above carefully enough..
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amazeer
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| posted on March 18th, 2009 at 07:48 AM |
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thanks daimo. good to see that one in 3 people are here to help.
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amazeer
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| posted on March 28th, 2009 at 06:08 PM |
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ummm daimo, I think you need a new tape measure. I went and got the front end out of the oval today, came home to bolt it up and...... 190mm is quite
a bit narrow.
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| posted on March 28th, 2009 at 06:20 PM |
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Its 290mm same for Link Pin as Balljoint
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| posted on March 28th, 2009 at 11:16 PM |
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posted by amazeer
ummm daimo, I think you need a new tape measure. I went and got the front end out of the oval today, came home to bolt it up and...... 190mm is quite
a bit narrow.
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umm yeah............it was late when i got under my car and it would appear i was looking at the 10 inch mark (with the 90mm past that)..........as
much as i thought about telling you the wrong measurements just to shit you after your dig at me on the supersprint........ i was confident i had it
right........I do apologize........how embarrasing 
i suck
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amazeer
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| posted on March 30th, 2009 at 09:12 AM |
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aaaahh yes paybacks are a bitch. No big deal. I made an adaptor plate out of 4x2.
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