VK304's 1988 Nissan Vanette w/ added SR20DET

[James the cat]

On 26/08/2021 at 13:32, Vk304 said:

Woops little metal come off the wheels but not too much to worry about.springs had gap here figured it would be benificial to close this gapi made sure not to heat the actual spring, but let me know if im wrong here.. i know nothing about leaf springs... also the back has similar gap, should i close it too or not?

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Fairly certain these are supposed to have gap for slide, flex and stuff...

[Vk304]

How do you mean gaps ? The wheel was loose because i forgot to tighten the nuts , and its all factory parts 

[tortron]

The leaf spring loop

 

i dont know myself, but thats what hes talking about

[Nominal]

They don't usually have a huge gap like that, looks more like it's had a leaf removed.

[Vk304]

Oh yea was looking at the wrong picture, yea it probably has, may fix that

[Raizer]

The gap in the rebound clamp is completely normal.

 

[cletus]

6 hours ago, Nominal said:

They don't usually have a huge gap like that, looks more like it's had a leaf removed.

That's what I was wondering 

Would explain why the spring is a bit floppy 

Side note

Making bolt together spring clamps is hot rod magazine/ car craft from the 90s type of drag racing tricks, clamping the front part of the spring pack can help stiffen the spring and reduce wrap 

[Adoom]

Anyone else see this?

[yoeddynz]

Did I read correctly that this van has a transverse leaf on the front?

Or have I not had enough/too much coffee.

[Vk304]

Yes thats right, one double leaf steel, the other one too but made of fibreglass type material, makes it hard to lower lol

[yoeddynz]

Just heat it up gently with a blowtorch until the van sinks to the height you wants... *

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*I do not stand by my suggestion **

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

** but do it anyway and report back here with results for our amusement.

 

[Vk304]

Looks like this assembly, and rubber mounts that could lower if i could make them more shallow but retain the bolts , haha noo im not messing with that id like to be able to drive it still, may look at getting a guy to reset/heat the leaf, but its already pretty flat as it is 

[kicker]

Just on the diff stuff, I don't know how easy they are to get now but I got an LSD H190 from yahoo Japan a number of years back, was out of a QK30 Nissan Crew and it looks to have the thicker flange, 3.7 from memory.

This is a pic of the one I had

 

 

[shrike]

Can't claim its a factory hole then? like the one to the left? anyone got a dimple die you could use to make it look more factory?

 

[Vk304]

Nah awesome panelbeater did it for $50 so its passed wof now, he just welded it back up haha, yea i should habe made it look factory ... but i doubt it is 'structural damage', cheers for lsd option ive got welded 4.3 head and 4.1 open atm swapping them all the time sux but ive got it down to half hour exercise now haha

[Flash]

Front looks bloody awesome. I vote white. Reckon it will look killer next to the black bumper.

[Otodat]

+1 for white.

[tomble]

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