Re: Rear suspension question

["Brian A.Tink" <batink@domain.elided>]

Thomas


Greetings from canberra

For mine the sealant is only to stop water penetrating the body, I have
just replaced the from\nt suspension which uses some stuff call Telseal,
and the recommendation that I received was just to use some silicone
sealant that one uses around the house.   Otherwise you can get tins of
soft putty like sealant from a auto paint shop.

As for the top springs in the rear brakes, I know that the spring are a pin
to install, but from my observation is the top spring is on the out side
the brake shoes have a tendancy to twist towards the drum and possibly
contact it,  by having the top springs inside the shoes are held in contact
with the backing plate.   So basically I do not advocate them on the
outside of the shoes

As for the paper washers, mine disappeared years ago.


keep staggering

Brian

 

At 07:20 AM 24/08/98 -0700, you wrote:
>I've rebuilt my Stag's rear suspension and am ready to reinstall it in 
>the car. The four bolts from the body all have some kind of sealant near 
>their heads where they go through the body. Is this something I should do 
>with the new bolts?
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>Also, when I reassembled the rear brakes I placed the top spring on the 
>outer facing side of the shoes, but the diagram apparently shows it 
>placed on the back side. Does this matter? And I couldn't find those 
>little paper gaskets that go behind the brake cylinders, so I left them 
>out. Any problem with that?
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>Thomas Santee
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