"C" beam plates

[Dynomite]

Originally Posted by secondchance

Thanks guys.
I will order from ZF doc and see.
Thanks for the offer Jim. Hopefully it's not a long lead item.

I just sent a PayPal to the ZF Doc billb@zfdoc.com for the C4 Beam Plates

[Paul Workman]

Originally Posted by Dynomite

I just sent a PayPal to the ZF Doc billb@zfdoc.com for the C4 Beam Plates

You'll not be sorry. If all it does for you is simplify the trans/clutch swap maneuver, they are well worth it! Makes Cbeam on and off a breeze!

P.

[tomtom72]

two more cents on the Beam Plates......get them, you'll love'em!


It maybe my impression of them is flawed, but I swear with them installed my car seems to not squat as much as it did pre-beam plate install. It for sure goes straighter without the rear wanting to kick out. I think that they improve the "working" of the chassis upon hard acceleration, as the chassis seems to transfer weight more effectively in that the car remains more level under hard acceleration....it could be my imagination though?


Tom

[XfireZ51]

Originally Posted by tomtom72

two more cents on the Beam Plates......get them, you'll love'em!


It maybe my impression of them is flawed, but I swear with them installed my car seems to not squat as much as it did pre-beam plate install. It for sure goes straighter without the rear wanting to kick out. I think that they improve the "working" of the chassis upon hard acceleration, as the chassis seems to transfer weight more effectively in that the car remains more level under hard acceleration....it could be my imagination though?


Tom

Tom,

Not your imagination. I have them
on my car and had them on my 84. On the track,
the 1-2 shift doesn't cause the tail end to go squirrely.

[secondchance]

Thanks for all your inputs. With endosements like that I got to install them.

Thank you guys.

[Aurora40]

Ron may still have some for sale also. I got mine from him.

I think how much difference it makes depends on how your car is currently. Mine did not jump around much before, so the after difference wasn't all that big.

[secondchance]

Originally Posted by Aurora40

Ron may still have some for sale also. I got mine from him.

I think how much difference it makes depends on how your car is currently. Mine did not jump around much before, so the after difference wasn't all that big.

Great! I just sent him an e-mail.

[tf95ZR1]

Do not over tighten the front C Beam bolts (by the trans rear seal).
Don't ask me how I know............

Originally Posted by tf95ZR1

Do not over tighten the front C Beam bolts (by the trans rear seal).
Don't ask me how I know............

Or the bolts at the differential either. It will do the same thing.

[Dynomite]

Originally Posted by Jeffvette

Or the bolts at the differential either. It will do the same thing.

ZF Doc says 40 ft-lbs (front by trans) and 60 ft-lbs (rear by differential). Actually 37 ft-lbs and 59 ft-lbs.....so what will it do and what is "it"

And.....what is overtightening?

I have 4 different size torque wrenches I use and they overlap so I can use any two on any bolt

I use blue loctite on most bolts as I did on the C-beam plate original bolts.

Originally Posted by tf95ZR1

Do not over tighten the front C Beam bolts (by the trans rear seal).

Don't ask me how I know............

How do you know?

Did you use a torque wrench (did you lubricate the bolts or use them dry)? Did you use a torque wrench that was damaged? Did you hold the torque wrench so it did not read correctly? Or did you just tighten the C-beam bolts with a BIG wrench with no torque feedback?

Or did you read required torque in Newton-Meters (80 Nm) and select Ft-Lbs on torque wrench applying 80 Ft-Lbs.....or apply 60 ft-lbs to front C-beam bolts rather than the rear C-beam bolts

It is sometimes a lot harder to figure out how someone else did something stupid than to do it stubidly yourself