Drop links

[richy759]

Spent saturday afternoon fitting Steve Heath drop links, which would have been a quick job if it wasn't for the heat!

One thing I did notice was that the wishbone struts were different on either side of the car, one being a flat piece and the other a u-shape piece (see pics). This meant that I had to adjust one of the drop links to be a couple of mm longer than the other, which was fine, but it got me wondering...
Can the old drop links have been working equally well? They were both the same length so surely one will have been under different tention to the other.
I wondered if anyone had any comments on this?

Rich

[V8 Animal]

Nice clean chassis i like to see that.
I don't think you would of noticed but i would consider replacing the other wisbone to the beefier one.
But that's just me.
V8 Animal

[slideways]

looks like you have the original ARB mount in the second picture and possibly a repair in the first picture. if i were you i would get a pair of uprated mounts and have them ready to fit when your snap in half. and they probably will.
both of mine did
Rich

[richy759]

Damn, I don't really want to change it if it isn't broken.
Is there a good source of mounts? Had a quick look in the usual places and can't see any.
Rich

[crackedfinger]

I got a pair to weld on from Adrian who posts here on Pistonheads.

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/profile.asp?mem...

It looks like you have a MK1 on the 2nd pic (bit hard to see th eside profile), and a home made on ont he first(?). The MK2's are a lot heavier build. The S/H drop links I installed bent botht he Mk1 droplinks, and so far the MK2's from Adrain have remained straight.

[crackedfinger]

There are rather a lot of wishbones on ebay right now too, might be easier just to get a whole wishbone and not to bother with welding!