4000 series hub / upright / spidle options

[shelby racer]

Originally Posted by 767Jockey

OK, here is what I don't understand. Unless I am way off base, Shelby did not change the chassis layout and front suspension pickup points. They essentially changed the A arm to spindle mounting, and the spindle / hub / caliper assembly. Is this correct? If so, where do they get off saying they don't have the parts to help you? All they have to do is go to their assembly line, take two complete front suspension assemblies and ship them to you. They should bolt right on to your frame attach points, and they should have the same geometry as what you have now. It's more expensive than they would like, but too bad. It isn't that they don't have the parts to help you - they just don't have the parts to help you as cheaply as they would like to help you. Push them.

Yes, my parts are defective, but the more people I talk with and the more I look at the parts, I think there is a flaw in the design. I was asking for a fix or new (different) parts that were not flawed. SAI says that they do not have anything different. I still need to talk to them about possible design problems since I am so far from being an engineer. If they don't have anything else to give me, I don't think I really want more of the same that will be prone to the same problems.

As far as pushing them, I have already had one mis-communication with Amy over this. I was in the asking for help phase. I am now moving into the gentle persuasion phase because it is so much easier to resolve things as friends rather than advesaries. If push comes to shove I am prepared to go there - I guess being unemployed has an advantage that it gives me LOTS of time to try and deal with this problem. Commiunication is true art form. If the other party perceives that it is being threatened, they naturally become defensive and the dialog becomes advesarial.