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I'm at a stage, where I need these dimensions to be sure that they will fit, when I will get them later on. Specially at the rear, there is not much room.
What is the outside diameter with springs?
What is the bushing width, or heim joint width?
What size bolts are used with these?

Thank you,

Tibor

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Tibor


'20 Alfa Romeo Stelvio daily
Locost/442E in progress

The spring rate might change the OD but my 275lb front springs are 2.6" OD. The rod eyes are 5/8" wide and take 1/2" bolts.

Doesn't GAZ have a website with technical specs?

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Midlana book: Build this mid-engine Locost!, http://midlana.com/stuff/book/
Kimini book: Designing mid-engine cars using FWD drivetrains
Both available from https://www.lulu.com/

I don't know which sets are for our cars. I did not see all the specs. They give you the open and closed lengths part numbers and price.
I'm looking at the 2023 catalog. There is another place where should I look?
So, in the rear if I have at least a 3" space I'm good, thanks ZiG. Thanks for the dimensions for the rod eye(Heim joint right?)also. You don't have the size for the bushings?
Jack's link is not working anymore, he has the last years link, which has expired.

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Tibor


'20 Alfa Romeo Stelvio daily
Locost/442E in progress

Yeah, pretty dang annoying, particularly to Yours Truly. My antique Adobe Dreamweaver appears to have kicked the bucket, I had version CS5, and an antique Mac to run it on, and their current product is a rental rather than a stand-alone buy-once-and-use-until-it-breaks product like software was back in Ye Olde Dayes.

But to answer the original question, the rod end style ends are 1/2" holes in 5/8" wide balls (as somebody has already mentioned) and the bushings are 1/2" holes in 1-1/4" long sleeves, and Kinetic has brackets for both.

The springs are 1.9" ID, and add double the diameter of the wire (since the springs go around the shocks) for OD. Spring wire diameter varies with spring rate.

Anybody here with web design/maintenance skills, who would like to assist me in these dark days, I'd love to hear from you.

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Locost builder and adventurer, and founder (but no longer owner) of Kinetic Vehicles

Thank you Jack.

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Tibor


'20 Alfa Romeo Stelvio daily
Locost/442E in progress