The Mitchell is IN!

Mentioned in #27 that he used a threaded rod as a center bolt. Is this safe? I don't know what grade bolt it is, but it is probably not the same strength as a spring bolt.
Just another safety thought.
By the way, my Mitchel was installed in my Cabbie with the help of Tom Endy . We used it as a demo for a seminar. Took about six hours. The OD with the syncro ****** is as good as it gets!

Dick Wyckoff
 
Dick, I only used the threaded rod on an already safely removed spring, to slowly let loose the unmounted spring leaves which are under tension to allow the bolt to be removed and later re-mounted. I used 4 large "C" clamps with an additional heavy chain and lock wrapped around the (removed) spring, before removing the bolt, and installing the threaded rod and flat washers/nuts and slowly released the "C" clamps and threaded rod until there was no tension on the spring leaves..
 
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