RE: Datsun 1600 Front Struts HELP !!

[Terry Rudd]

I've seen this a few times. There was a picture on the Adelaide website showing the damage that can happen to a disc that had the backing plate removed which was caused by a control arm and it's very destructive.   It usually occurs when you go from the longer 71-72/1600 struts to 200B/240K  and on the problem car I saw the balljoints were totally shot. The static clearance between the backing plate and the control arm is ~1/8-3/16" and the clearance from the backing plate to the disc is ~3/16" - 1/4" so you can see how much movement the balljoints have to have in them for contact to occur. If the play in the balljoints is bad enough then the risk of getting rid of the backing plate is that the control arm will just munch the disc and I wouldn't recommend that you do this. Some ppl with lowered front ends have taken 1/8" off the end of the control arms and this seems to have no detrimental effect.   regards Terry -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of CM510 Sent: Friday, 5 April 2002 7:39 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Datsun 1600 Front Struts HELP !! Get rid of the backing plate mate, that simple, they do jack $hite anyway.     Cam CM510 www.sprite.com.au/cm510 ----- Original Message ----- From: Justin Kinchington (Global) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 7:24 PM Subject: Datsun 1600 Front Struts HELP !! Hi All,   I recently put some Datsun 200B Struts into my 1600.  I was told that they would fit but some 13" wheels wouldn't because of the big callipers.  Well my wheels fit and after some pain I have another problem:  The backing plate for the disk is rubbing on the disk on corners and some bumps.  It is being pushed on to the disk by the lower control arm I think.  Has any body done this mod before and if so did they have this problem or have they heard of it and do they know if there is any thing I can do to fix it.  I am going to have to go back to the 1600 struts if I cant fix this but I don't really want to because I have completely refitted the 200B struts (bearings, pads, disks machined, GT gas, etc..)   Any advise would be appreciated,   Thanks Justin --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/membersozdat@datascribe.com.au/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/membersozdat@datascribe.com.au/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/membersozdat@datascribe.com.au/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------