What is this for?
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What is this for?
I have raplaced my shocks and when I was doint that I noticed these things on my rear suspension. Looked through manuals and it seems that it must be a after market part. Can anybody tell what they are and what they do? Also do I really need to have them on? Thanks all.
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From: Columbia SC
Safety loop/hoop, I assume you have one on each side. I use something similar on my cars with driveshafts where they are mounted near the transmission. That way if the shaft breaks then you don't "pole vault". If it breaks near the rear end then it would just drag or slide out of the transmission.
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yea what they said its a safety look. Was your car beat on the track by a previous owner? Dont need it but y take it off? When i was 19 or[two yrs ago
] i threw the shaft on my last of the breed ws6 thru the floor board. That car was fun and ran a 12.0 on stock motor. After that i threw a shaft loop on.
] i threw the shaft on my last of the breed ws6 thru the floor board. That car was fun and ran a 12.0 on stock motor. After that i threw a shaft loop on.
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From: Grandview Texas
yea what they said its a safety look. Was your car beat on the track by a previous owner? Dont need it but y take it off? When i was 19 or[two yrs ago] i threw the shaft on my last of the breed ws6 thru the floor board. That car was fun and ran a 12.0 on stock motor. After that i threw a shaft loop on.
] i threw the shaft on my last of the breed ws6 thru the floor board. That car was fun and ran a 12.0 on stock motor. After that i threw a shaft loop on.#2 Tell me you had allot of boltons?
Pro
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From: Phoenix, AZ
it put a hole in to floor about half dollar size. Its not like it ripped out the entire bottom of the car. Sure did had 10K worth of susoenshion. Stage three 3 trans everything. stock LS1 motor i did have cutouts. the car was a 2002 last of the breed trans am.
