Thread: Chassis Engineering parallel leaf installation

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I don't recall having as much trouble with the instructions, but then it's been a few years. I seem to recall that some of the bracket holes lined up with existing factory holes and the rest had to be drilled. I know it was that way on my '33 that I did just a couple years ago.

The best I can do for you here is attach a picture of how my shackles hang, pretty close to vertical (with the car on it's wheels), this is before the useage caused settling. The centerline measurement of the upper shackle bolt is ~6" from the end of the frame. This dimension may not be of value though because this is a later 36 frame which is somewhat different than '35 and early '36 frames in the rear. It may or may not be the same. Also, if you're uneven side to side you may want to measure your frame to see if it's diamond'. Pick a factory hole or rivet on the bottom of the frame that is the same location on each side of the frame. Then cross measure (left to right and vice versa) front to rear. If the frame measures the same or very close on both dimensions the frame is square, if one dimension is longer than the other the frame is out of whack and will need to be squared up. As for the body, sometimes build tolerances will be different from side to side, but usually that won't amount to much over say 1/4".............unless there's been some body repair in the past.

As for CE attitude, I've had it both ways with them. Once I received a kit with no instructions, they immediately faxed them to me, and followed up with snail mail. On the other hand I called on the center trans mount conversion on my '33 and it's incompatibility with a Lokar shifter mounting bracket. My question was if they'd made a modification to deal with the interference. The guy launches off on a mini tirade about how it's not their responsibility to work around other peoples product, and how they've been in business for 14000 years or something. And then topped it off with they'd never heard that "complaint" before. When he finally shut up I said it was a question not an accusal, and that it was amazing to me that THE most used shifter in the hobby was only an issue on my car. Anyway, he calmed down and we figured out a solution (more from my end than his). I just chalked it up to his having a bad day............maybe there's a cancerous employee in there program.