News:

Are you a member of one of the FE-FC Holden Car Clubs of Australia ? If you are, get access to the Club-Member-only area of this discussion board. Send an IM to the board admin, including your real name and club to get access.

Main Menu

Rear axle u bolt rubber pad brackets

Started by Not Happy Jan, October 03, 2016, 02:01:00 PM

Previous topic - Next topic

Not Happy Jan

Does anyone do these?
TIA
Nick

And why are they different?
You can never have too many!
Port Macquarie NSW

mcl1959

Like Pete, I'm pretty sure no one repros them.
The 1956 FEs had a slightly longer open ended retainer which apparently allowed the diff to slide about too much. It was changed in April 1957.
The rubber insulator was also changed to suit the new retainer, and the repro rubber suits the later retainer.
So you shouldn't fit a new repro rubber to the old plate.

The plates can be hammered back into shape and cracks welded up. If the plates are really destroyed then finding another better set from a wreck should be a solution. I doubt you will find a perfect set out of a car any more.
From memory, generally the bottom half is better than the top half so you can usually make one good set from two sets.

Ken