Wilsons Sandbox

Dear Kimberites: Thanks to Stewart Penfound's advice and photos, that were attached to his email, we discovered that Sports & Vintage carries repair kits for the rear spring trunnions located in the rear chassis cross member. We ordered and received our kit which comes complete with R/H and L/H nuts and spacers. The workmanship is excellent and the price, about 80 pounds sterling, seemed reasonable to us for such an odd/low demand part. Now that we have the new ends, can anyone tell us the process for measuring where to cut off the old ones and how to install the new ones? The current ones on our chassis have been "repaired" so we do not trust their placement as any sort of guide. What is the correct distance as measured from the chassis rail to the end of the tube holding the trunnions? Which side gets which thread? Are the holes for the rear of the spring level to the ground or slightly tilted, and if tilted how much? Isn't there a better way of cutting off the old ends than using a hand held hack saw? Would a large pipe cutter work? Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Kindest regards, Alan & Victoria Campbell

Alan Are you saying that your replacement parts are left and right threaded? On our J2 and our TA, the rear trunnion tubes on ##both## sides are left hand thread. I've never figured out why. The length from chassis to tube end is 6 inches. As to orientation of the slot, I think horizontal, but there's quite a lot of wear on mine so I'm not absolutely certain. Regards Dave Dwyer J2, TA, TC