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December 17th 2005, 05:35
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ya, type 3s use this on the upper control arms. since its basically a straight rod, i would think it would be easy to make bigger ones. but i havent had one all the way apart to see how hard it would be.
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December 25th 2005, 18:20
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it won't work,
the front leaf springs do 3 things. 1 .they hold the car up in a twisting action(you can aliminate the job by having coilovers holding the car) OK. 2 thay stop the tralingarms comming out of the beam.?!? 3 thay stop the tralingarms going into the beam.?!? (the 4 rubber rings that are on the front beam are only there as grease seals! NOT suspention bushings!! if you remove the anchor point in the center of the beam the suspention will move everywere!!!!wear out the grease seals and smash the outer barrings!!!! good luck. P.S put the anti-rollbar on the outside.(so you can adjust it  for going around corners ,setting up the car with the the driver in the car )
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December 31st 2005, 05:10
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adjustable ones have a few holes on the ends that you can bolt the link that connects to the suspension arm, the further out, the more leverage and vice versa.
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December 31st 2005, 11:16
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Maybe you could use your own leaf springs (all of them), just removind the anchor point in the midle of the beam.
as for the Grease seals, you could try machinning nylon to replace them, you would solve the problem of the suspension moving. The only way to know if it will work is trying I´m gonna do this on my drag race beetle, but I´m a bit far of start messing around with the front suspension setup.
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December 31st 2005, 12:44
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Marco, I agree with everything except #3, I'm using 1 inch round bar which is as large as will fit... it is a slip fit and will have the support of the center anchor point, it just wont be anchored. 1 inch round bar is a heck of a lot more stable than a stack of leaves, there will be very little slop.
Ordered some 1 inch 4340. Gonna do all my machining and have a local place heat treat up to spring temper. Will keep everybody posted. Jeff-
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January 1st 2006, 18:30
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Jeff,
I'm curious as to the reinforcing of the lower arms. Is that for the coil-overs? Any pics? Lanner
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