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Brule or Art, what's the point of the springs for the hardware on the engine skid? Are they there to allow for a little travel in case you hit something to prevent from damaging the skid? Thanks.
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Yellow Hammer wrote:...what's the point of the springs for the hardware on the engine skid?
They are to add tension to prevent the shield from rattling. I assume that there is some flex in the chassis at this point and method of attaching. That is why they did not mount it rigidly. I have used rubber belting to cut washers to replace the springs and nylon washers , on a couple installations that rattled pretty bad.

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What springs.. I dont remember adding springs :shock:
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2bunik wrote:What springs.. I dont remember adding springs :shock:
The thin spring washers.

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