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Mail From: ckelly (Chris Kelly)

Broke in the threads between the nut and the end of the threads, not at the
end of the threads. It broke about 60' out under acceleration. The rods
are mounted in poly. FWIW, The Falcon has had poly strut bushings for 17
years.

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Chris Kelly - ckelly at raceabilene.com
raceabilene.net/kelly/hotrod
Merkel, Texas
Member:
International Hot Rod Association
Abilene Performance Car Association
Falcon Club of America
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: classic-mustangs-bounces at lists.twistedpair.ca [mailto:classic-
> mustangs-bounces at lists.twistedpair.ca] On Behalf Of Wal Marshall
> Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2008 2:01 PM
> To: Chris Kelly
> Subject: Re: [CM] Get to do some body and suspension work - 70 had a
> littleincident
>
> Chris,
>
> Assume the strut rod broke at the usual point at the end of the
> threaded
> section, presumably under braking at the end of the run?
>
> Was it mounted with rubber bushes or the harder nolothane or similar?
>
> Cheers, Wal
>
>