RE: Rear Spring Shackle Question

["Earl H. " <earlh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jim,

I am sending you a word doc.

Earl 

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Jablonski [mailto:jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 7:59 AM
To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Rear Spring Shackle Question


Question to the team:

Does anyone know if the rear spring shackle travels (pivots
front-to-rear) during driving / racing / launch conditions?

The top of the rear spring shackle attaches to the frame rail, and the
bottom attaches to the spring.  As installed, the shackle is rigid, almost
straight up and down.  So my question is, during driving conditions (spring
compressed and decompressed), does a) the bottom of the shackle travel
front-to-rear, pivoting on the frame, or does b) the shackle stay in place,
with the spring eye pivoting on the rear shackle?

This might seem like a stupid question, but I am locating the fuel filter
and fuel pump on the rear frame rail, rear of the spring shackle, and
clearly I wouldn't want the bottom of the spring shackle to travel rearward
on lunch, contacting the fuel system.

I could guess at an amount of travel, but I thought I would ping the group
for "real" data...

Thanks in advance for your thoughts / experience.

Jim Jablonski
Royal Oak, Michigan
'64 Fury


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