31-10-2021, 06:23 PM
I finally got around to changing my springs today - not nearly as bad a job as I had feared. When I bought this car it had been off the road for some time and the rear axle had been out and was only loosely attached. I assume the reason for this had been to change the rear springs as everything came apart really easily and the springs slid out without any effort. The previous owner stopped the job due to ill health so I assume when they eventually decided to sell the car, they didn't bother with the expense of new springs and just put the old ones back.
Unfortunately the part of the floor above the main bolt was the part with a strengthener that supports the seat so cutting the holes wasn't as easy as I'd hoped:
Tony is correct, the chassis has a recess to hold the bolt head.
The car is back on it's wheels now and sitting a bit higher as hoped. As I wasn't able to make nice neat round holes I'm going to get my MIG out and weld a piece of steel back into the floor and the strengthener bit. But I'll leave that until next weekend..
Steve.
Unfortunately the part of the floor above the main bolt was the part with a strengthener that supports the seat so cutting the holes wasn't as easy as I'd hoped:
Tony is correct, the chassis has a recess to hold the bolt head.
The car is back on it's wheels now and sitting a bit higher as hoped. As I wasn't able to make nice neat round holes I'm going to get my MIG out and weld a piece of steel back into the floor and the strengthener bit. But I'll leave that until next weekend..
Steve.