"Jayson Woodruff" <woodrufj@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I've got the Hotchkis rear springs on my truck. All four lowering plate
> things are in there, and I've got it appart to take two of them out.
> The bolts and plates are all rusty after less than a year. Is there any
> reason I can't use some bar stock aluminum and replace the steel plates
> with equivilent Alum pieces? There's not really any force on them other
> than the compression of the U bolts.
>
> Jay W
> 505/287 Dakota
Jay,
As a rule of thumb, never use aluminum in leaf packs for a couple of
reasons. First, aluminum is weaker than steel and second, it will corrode
and eventually break.
Just clean the plates up and repaint them and get new hardware.
Steve
---What I want for 2004
I want to change my sorroundings. Our house here will not be a home until it's where we want to live. I want my life back. I left a good career with a great company for a bigger pay cheque and it's costing my life and my relationship with my wife.
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