derekf
04-26-2020, 04:15 PM
I've got the same question in to Hotchkis support but haven't heard back yet (not surprising, it's a weekend and there's a plague out there, everything is half-staff).
I've got a set of the Hotchkis 70020012 which is the Hotchkis Sport Suspension 1.5 Street Performance ("Fox") shock which both Summit and Hotchkis's site indicate are "direct replacement for OE".
The base of the shock - about an inch and change above the crossbar - is wider than the hole in the lower control arm. Also in the past, there were clipnuts used to mount the shock and they'd take even more of the clearance away. As it sits, the distance difference is maybe a eighth of an inch?
Here's a bad pic:
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I reckon the options are:
Widen the hole in the LCA. It would be getting real close to the shock mount holes and I guess I'd have to weld some nuts on the inside since there's not room for clipnuts.
Grind down the bottom of the shock a little. This seems like a really bad idea.
Take the spring out and put the shock inside. This seems like it'd be really hard to tighten down, and impossible to replace the shock. Also seems like it'd take a chunk of the available travel away.
(I hope this isn't the case): That shock won't work with stock LCAs.
Anyone else bounced off this?
I've got a set of the Hotchkis 70020012 which is the Hotchkis Sport Suspension 1.5 Street Performance ("Fox") shock which both Summit and Hotchkis's site indicate are "direct replacement for OE".
The base of the shock - about an inch and change above the crossbar - is wider than the hole in the lower control arm. Also in the past, there were clipnuts used to mount the shock and they'd take even more of the clearance away. As it sits, the distance difference is maybe a eighth of an inch?
Here's a bad pic:
175285
I reckon the options are:
Widen the hole in the LCA. It would be getting real close to the shock mount holes and I guess I'd have to weld some nuts on the inside since there's not room for clipnuts.
Grind down the bottom of the shock a little. This seems like a really bad idea.
Take the spring out and put the shock inside. This seems like it'd be really hard to tighten down, and impossible to replace the shock. Also seems like it'd take a chunk of the available travel away.
(I hope this isn't the case): That shock won't work with stock LCAs.
Anyone else bounced off this?