+2 rear dirt guard p-clip construction
Posted:
Wed Dec 02, 2020 10:10 pmby Quart Meg Miles
Is the Spire clip bonded to the P metalwork or has it just rusted together? I have a use for the P clip alone but if someone is desperate for one (or an angled one) I'll supply it and buy something plastic.
- P clip assy for rear suspension dust plate.
Re: +2 rear dirt guard p-clip construction
Posted:
Thu Dec 03, 2020 6:01 amby Hawksfield
Hi
Mine were fastened with nuts and bolts, a nightmare to remove
Re: +2 rear dirt guard p-clip construction
Posted:
Thu Dec 03, 2020 8:56 amby HCA
Hawksfield wrote:Hi
Mine were fastened with nuts and bolts, a nightmare to remove
+1. Stupid arrangement.
Whoever designed those dirt guards must have had a grudge against the 'great man' - apart from badly engineered they weigh an absolute ton
Re: +2 rear dirt guard p-clip construction
Posted:
Thu Dec 03, 2020 2:04 pmby alanr
My P clips also were joined with small rusty nuts and bolts!....... no spire clips.
Alan.
Re: +2 rear dirt guard p-clip construction
Posted:
Thu Dec 03, 2020 9:41 pmby Quart Meg Miles
Thanks all. Mine were from a 1973 S130 and I can see how the Spire clip would simply attachment. I sold the car 35 years ago and presume the plates went with it, but I don't remember them being particularly heavy compared to the strut and wheels, and most of the weight is sprung.
I guess there were complaints about the dirt getting into the brake system; did the late Elans have them too?
