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liberty84

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this is what they look like after the phosphate.

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CNC clevis spacers...

Anyone making CNC clevis spacers ?

Conduit nuts are cheap, but these looked pretty nice...

(Or anyone got specs on theirs re: thickness, inside and outside diameters?)
 

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Not really worth making them unless you just have nothing else to do. Just look at a conduit nut, to get approx. inside diameter, don't go over 3/8 inch thick, and you'll be good.
Anymore if i do use conduit nuts I wrap them in electrical tape, keeps them together and you don't really notice them, stays on forever, cheap and easy
 

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Not really worth making them unless you just have nothing else to do. Just look at a conduit nut, to get approx. inside diameter, don't go over 3/8 inch thick, and you'll be good.
Anymore if i do use conduit nuts I wrap them in electrical tape, keeps them together and you don't really notice them, stays on forever, cheap and easy

Thanks Tom - I was actually thinking of going to my local Fastenal store and seeing if they had some oversized washers and wanted to know the I.D. that is needed.
I will use that conduit nut to get the size needed.

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There is no weight on them, they hold nothing up, so buying things like washers etc isn't worth it in my book
Several we've done never even installed anything, just put it up the height I wanted and tightened it done to specs
 

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There is no weight on them, they hold nothing up, so buying things like washers etc isn't worth it in my book
Several we've done never even installed anything, just put it up the height I wanted and tightened it done to specs

Exactly what Tom just said.

You do not need Anything between the upper control arm and the front shock for the clevis lift.
I used a Vernier Caliper to measure the spacing wanted and tightened up the clevis bolt.
It's been like that for the last 18 months with No problems.
Using 3 "Conduit" nut's just happens to be an easy way to get a ⅜ inch measurement... In most cases!
I have noticed that not all conduit nuts stacked three high do not necessarily give an accurate ⅜ of an inch measurement by the way.
 

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Exactly what Tom just said.

You do not need Anything between the upper control arm and the front shock for the clevis lift.

I have noticed that not all conduit nuts stacked three high do not necessarily give an accurate ⅜ of an inch measurement by the way.

x a million!
 

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OK, OK, I get it already.
;)

But good info for all others that may read this post.

I was only going to obtain some washers for aesthetic reasons – and yes, I am **** that way. That is why I was not planning to use the Conduit washers/spacers. So if I can’t find the right size washers I would not use anything, as suggested.
Thanks all

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Too much front for my old 02?

Just settled for two conduit nuts after looking around and then reading replies, they're right, there's no pressure really on them at all once the clevis pinch is on...

BUT - wondering if Boiler's shims and 2 conduits is too much to start with on my old beast... passenger side is my testbed...

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Thanks Tom for the ratchet strap advice, used them upwards to get the clevis on and then towards the frame a bit because I was working alone and needed to line things up to get a tapered punch in one end of the LCA bushing... worked with some effort. Also rope tied the knuckle into a UCA pocket to keep it from tilting too far outward - or having a CV come disconnected when going pretty low with the LCA.

A tiny bit worried about my CV angles even knowing things might settle with an ARB... also worried the lower iso is extremely close to the wheel well body metal.

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