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dunk3

posted on 30/12/08 at 02:38 PM Reply With Quote
mushroom second fixing

Hi all Do you have to wait until you have set up your tracking and suspension before you can put your second fixing on the mushroom for the sva, or can you do it at anytime. cheers..
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speedyxjs

posted on 30/12/08 at 02:50 PM Reply With Quote
Second fixing on the mushroom?





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mistergrumpy

posted on 30/12/08 at 02:56 PM Reply With Quote
No anytime will do if you have the central mushrooms. I just drilled through the upright and mushroom then ran a tap through.
If you have the offset ones I'd wait and get them right first.






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dogwood

posted on 30/12/08 at 03:04 PM Reply With Quote



HTH
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speedyxjs

posted on 30/12/08 at 03:50 PM Reply With Quote
^^^ oh right thanks. I got worried then





How long can i resist the temptation to drop a V8 in?

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Mark G

posted on 30/12/08 at 04:32 PM Reply With Quote
my mounting hole is ofset so I'm waiting untill after I've set up the suspension and then fixing it.






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dunk3

posted on 30/12/08 at 04:49 PM Reply With Quote
mushroom second fixing

Ok thanks everyone i will wait until i have set my suspension & tracking up, as i have offset mushrooms on my car. cheers..
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Liam

posted on 30/12/08 at 05:33 PM Reply With Quote
Huh? First I've heard of this one. Is this new SVA silliness or has it always been the case? How come the Sierra and most other cars seem to be ok without a second fixing on the strut?

Liam

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rusty nuts

posted on 30/12/08 at 05:37 PM Reply With Quote
The Sierra has a lug on the side of the strut that goes into the slot at the top of the hub which is then secured by the pinch bolt . The mushrooms do not have any other means of securing them to the hub other than the pinch bolt. There may ?? have been cases of the mushrooms pulling out.
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JoelP

posted on 30/12/08 at 05:41 PM Reply With Quote
first ive heard of this requirement.
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jacko

posted on 30/12/08 at 06:21 PM Reply With Quote
It's been in the SVA for a while about a year i think

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RichardK

posted on 30/12/08 at 06:49 PM Reply With Quote
Yep, at my recent sva at Beverly he was keen to see that the bolt actually went into the mushroom as well as I didn't put the hole all the way through. Luckily I had loads of pictures in my gallery that he spent about 30 mins going through.


Cheers Rich





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simonk

posted on 5/1/09 at 09:20 PM Reply With Quote
Obviously some room for SVA interpretation here as mine sailed through in October 08 with no secondary method of fixing. I'd heard about this and considered it and figured that in the Sierra the limit of full extension is the strut and therefore there is a possibility that the bottom of the strut could be pulled out of the upright at full extension which I presume is why the struts have the ridge on them. On my car the coil overs limit travel via the bottom wishbone before there is any 'pulling' load on the mushroom - so I torqued it up as per the manual and it went through SVA without a problem.

Thanks
Simon

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