19doug90

Soo here is my first piece of handy work. Drivers side there is a support underneath the spring perch thats in the way of the weight jack perch. Cut it out with a dremel because i didn't have enough room to get any other tool i owned in there.



So finally got enough cut out, go to drop the adjuster in and wtf, the perch doesn't drop all the way down. The welds as you can see on the bottom side are in the way. Racking my brain as to how i'm going to deal with this at the moment, not sure how much of the welds i want to grid off altho there shouldn't be much real force on that welded joint so it might be okay. I'm just not sure why just about no aftermarket parts ever bolt right in for me.

87350IROC

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I just checked my not yet installed weight jacks on my 9 bolt and I have the same problem as you. Except I will probably cut the adjuster instead of the panhard mount.

19doug90

ya i had thought about that, but you would have to cut off most of the locating section of the adjuster unless you remove at least a little. Be curious to know if you have any issue with the weld's not allowing the ring to sit flat.

84 z28

You should pm or do a search for Stephen. He is the weight jack god from what i have seen. He loves those things to death.

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the adjuster just needs to sit there, if the welds are keeping oit from sitting totally flush, its no big deal. With the weight of the car, it will wedge itself in.

or maybe tack weld it a couple times to keep it from moving.

I have the front weight jack set, but never used the rear because i have to use coilovers, so i have never tried to install them.

89ROC-Z

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87350IROC

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The welds get in the way a little bit but not as much as yours. I am not going to worry about. I don't think you should either.

19doug90

good enough for me. I'll install them today. thanks for the opinions.

robertfrank

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What i did on mine was cut just a portion of the adjuster just enough for it to sit flush like this. I cut basically a notch out of the bottom of the adjuster until it didn't hit the support brace. After I did that it sat in nice and flush.

19doug90

ya i'll take a better picture of what i cut out of the bracing, honestly i didnt remove enough that i think it'll make any difference structurally, altho it was a major pita.

The fact that it sits on the welds kind of annoys me, but i'm picky and it'll be fine for now. A few have gone coils in the back and weight jacks in the front, i think that really is the best setup.

DBLTKE

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I ran into this issue when I installed my weight jacks. No one had mentioned this problem before I did mine. I ended up using an oxyacetylene torch to clearance the brace.