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Body lift spacer kit concern

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27 Jun 2019 14:57 #210367 by jackonlyjack

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I'm so glad i got bits4vits ones on my ride (thanks to Dave S200KYS)
No need to cut the old rubbers in half and all that malarkey

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27 Jun 2019 14:59 #210368 by jackonlyjack

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S200KYS wrote: While I'm wound-up!...

Those washers should be thicker and a larger diameter, like this -

Aluminium block added for comparison too...

Rant over

Yes, you're right... you get what you pay for

I kept the original cup washers drilled out to fit the sleeved bolt

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27 Jun 2019 15:02 - 27 Jun 2019 15:03 #210370 by X8GGY

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jackonlyjack wrote: I kept the original cup washers drilled out to fit the sleeved bolt

Yup, if people do that it's fine... but you generally get no instructions?...

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27 Jun 2019 15:10 #210371 by jackonlyjack

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TBH it's a rate ball ache of a job
i would never do one for anyone

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27 Jun 2019 15:12 #210373 by Jim Jim

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Hi Mates, thanks for all the replies, everyone made sense and Dave. your kit is the best suited and made.
You know the old saying..if only I had known.

Had I own a Jimny and know what the rubber mount profiles looked like..i would have machined to suit as well.
I just purchased 2.5 X 12 inches of nylon to make the spacers.

Thanks again for all the replies mates.
Cheers.

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27 Jun 2019 16:06 #210378 by Lambert

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S200KYS wrote:
Lambert wrote: Personally I would prefer the spacers made of aluminium rather than a plastic. Not much more difficult to machine if you have a lathe and a band saw.

The trouble with aluminium spacers with a steel tube / sleeve bolt going through the middle... is that they "cold weld" to each other, some chemical reaction that makes them impossible to undo...

Hence why they changed from aluminium to these hard nylon blocks...

You can get a cream for that! Messy silver shmoo, gets everywhere.

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