Anthony Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 My rotoflex Leafspring has been stripped apartIt's been cleaned and painted and has new buttons and bushes fitted to itBut, now I need some fasteners/fixings for it.....The bolt that goes from the bottom to the top of the leaves and sandwiches them all together has a round head as standard, but I don't have the original bolt to refitA regular bolt has too big of a head to fit in the mounting hole in the diffSo, does anyone know where I can get one of the round headed bolts, or should I just grind a regular bolt head down to a round shape?Also, there are two bolts that go through some brackets to also hold the leaves togetherI can fit regular bolts here, but the bolts fit inside sleeves, and I don't have the sleeves nowSo, I also need suggestions for replacing the sleevesI've spoken to my local fastener suppliers and they don't have anything suitable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 Would an allen-head bolt work? Otherwise I would just grind one down unless somebody actually lists it.As to the sleeves, a bit of tube? ebay seems to be full of handy sized bits of metal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markcro Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 I am thinking of replacing the tired spring on my GT6 next year. Maybe a silly question, but why not just buy a new one? Is rebuilding the original better or just cheaper? Are the news ones bad quality? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Bonnett Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 Quoted from markcro I am thinking of replacing the tired spring on my GT6 next year. Maybe a silly question, but why not just buy a new one? Is rebuilding the original better or just cheaper? Are the news ones bad quality? I think I have an old rotoflex spring and if it would help I could let you have the fasteners from that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Posted November 16, 2015 Author Share Posted November 16, 2015 Quoted from markcro I am thinking of replacing the tired spring on my GT6 next year. Maybe a silly question, but why not just buy a new one? Is rebuilding the original better or just cheaper? Are the news ones bad quality? There's nothing wrong with the replacement springs at allMy spring wasn't worn I just wanted to replace the buttons with new ones and have the individual leaves powdercoated so they slide a little betterI didn't want to replace an original item just for the sake of it, so I rebuilt it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT6 M Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 As far as I no, the Roto spring no has tubes under neath it, wid a bolt goijng thru it, this is a swinger set up.Roto,s are hammered owa to clamp it all to oneM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyf Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 Quoted from GT6 M As far as I no, the Roto spring no has tubes under neath it, wid a bolt goijng thru it, this is a swinger set up.Roto,s are hammered owa to clamp it all to oneM On a Rotoflex Spring the outer Leaf Clamps are like Marcus states simply thick steel U shaped Clamps peened over the Leaves.Its the Inner ones that have the Bolt run inside a Sleeve that clamp a slightly thinner U shaped clamp holding the Leaves together, I took one of the clamp bolts into B&Q and got a short length of steel tube the correct inside diameter and then cut it to the right length, it was only a couple of pounds or so.Gary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timireson Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 They are called scallops I think, got mine from a fixings place, they were trade only and would only sell 100 at a time but(for the 1st time for me) two were put in my hand with a wink, sound more dodgy than it actually was. Could dig out the place if needed. T. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky63 Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Maybe worth talking to this company...http://www.rossroadsprings.co.uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trsforever Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Hi, would you know how thick the buttons were that you fitted or the gap between the leaves with the new buttons in place as I am overhauling a swing spring. Thanks.Regards Scott. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Posted November 24, 2015 Author Share Posted November 24, 2015 Hi ScottDo you want to know what the actual measurements are, or just where I got the buttons from?I don't have the facilities to make the buttons so I bought them from this chaphttp://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/oakman-cz/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=Let me know if you want the actual dimensions and I can go and measure them for you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trsforever Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Hi Anthony, The measurements would be great if you could as I can then make some up myself, getting stuff of ebay to New Zealand has got really difficult lately and theselook much better than the rubber ones. thanks.Regards Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nang Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Scott,Have a look in trademe. There were some for sale there a short time ago.Tony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT6 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 http://auskellian.com/paul/links_files/performance_enhancements_files/thrust_button_dwg.jpgvery good pagehttp://auskellian.com/paul/links_files/performance_enhancements.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT6 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Second from left is the only remains of all the old buttons. Bought the ultra high molecular weight polyethylene from amazon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Posted November 24, 2015 Author Share Posted November 24, 2015 The buttons I have are a bit thicker than the ones Paul has drawn on his website......Where Paul's measurements are......18mm1.3mm1.8mm3.1mm32mmMine are......18mm5mm3mm8mm30mmMy buttons will raise the car a little Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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