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Old Jun 3, 2011 | 11:32 AM
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right guys on the mk6 escort the old shock and spring have been taken of

gone to fit the new ones and have reasiled where the 3 top mount bolts go they do not line up with the hub grove for the bottom of the shock where the fin slides into i can get them to fit but the hub it at a angle what is clearly wrong is there anythign im doing wrong here?.
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Old Jun 3, 2011 | 11:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Conor Harrington
right guys on the mk6 escort the old shock and spring have been taken of

gone to fit the new ones and have reasiled where the 3 top mount bolts go they do not line up with the hub grove for the bottom of the shock where the fin slides into i can get them to fit but the hub it at a angle what is clearly wrong is there anythign im doing wrong here?.
can you not have a look at the other side? or are both sides off?
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Old Jun 3, 2011 | 11:36 AM
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one side is of but it just seems that if the mounting holes on the top mount or in line the bottom bit is not :s would pictures help to explain ??.
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Old Jun 3, 2011 | 11:46 AM
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Old Jun 3, 2011 | 11:50 AM
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I can't see the pictures on work's computer or even understand what you mean really, but the top mount will twist...
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Old Jun 3, 2011 | 11:51 AM
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it will twist there we go simple just dident seem to line up at all mate thanks for that .
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Old Jun 3, 2011 | 12:01 PM
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woo fitted now now cracking on with the st170 conversion haha
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