C2 TRAILING ARM SHIMS

[Rob A.]

I purchased some slotted trailing arm shims ( from Quanta ) for my '67, for ease of installation and alignment. I see, however, that the holes in the one end are not round as original, but rather oval. The other end, of course, is slotted. I was wondering how these will be looked at during judging, and whether points will be deducted with reference to the "oval" shaped holes as well as the slots.

[Chuck G.]

Re: C2 TRAILING ARM SHIMS

Your 67 should use the "double hole" shims, not the slotted ones. Don't have a JM handy, but there would be a deduction for this type of shim. Chuck

[Gary S.]

Re: C2 TRAILING ARM SHIMS

Although this will certainly take a minor deduction the other thing to ask is how well you will be appreciated at the alignment shop with shims that are slotted versus the holes. When I talked with the alignment shop PRIOR to rebuilding the trailing arms, they did not want to do an alignment if I had the original style shims.
Gary

[John M.]

Re: C2 TRAILING ARM SHIMS

You could buy the standard ones and slot them yourself. I did them for a friend and put the slots in in a mill perpendicular to the long axis. I could do them for you.