Rebound stopper strap replacement: Assembly

Painting the metal parts of the rebound straps with remained POR tank sealer was finished.

After drying the paint I started the assembly of the rebound stopper straps.

To connect the double layered strap with the metal plates and bolts was little bit difficult because the strap was very solid and difficult to align the hole position.

It was easy to insert 1st, 2nd and 3rd bolts. However, I struggled to insert the 4th bolt into the metal plate hole. After several try and error, I fixed the position of the strap and metal plate with tie-wraps and succeeded to connect the strap with 4 bolts.

The other side could be assembled smoothly with the same way.

By the way, these were the vinyl packaging with Alfa Romeo logo for the new straps. These are just wastes for the normal people, but for me it looks nice and it is difficult to throw away always.

(My original blog was written on 19th and 21st Dec. 2008)

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