Re: afco spring sliders
 

They are not worth the work. I had similar ones on my car when I used leaf springs. I did not like them and put the shackles back on.

Re: afco spring sliders
 

Mike,
What do you perceive as the problem? I'm considering them on my car.

Re: afco spring sliders
 

Jeff

The side brackets with the slots that the springs were supposed to slide in were made from thin mild steel. The bolt through the spring was a 1/2 inch bolt with a thin wall mild steel sleeve that was supposed to roll on the bolt. The sleeve wore a groove in the slot and the slot wore a groove in the sleeve. So it actually was in a bind. I think the ones I had were either moroso or SRD. I guess if you made your own with a thicker bracket with the slot and made the slot wider where you could use an actual roller bearing it would be a good system. Maybe make the side bracket from some 1/2 inch aluminum plate with the slot milled in to match the diameter of a roller bearing. Then you would have something.

Re: afco spring sliders
 

We stock and sell a lot of them.
Many go out with Cal-Trac system orders.
I love the way they work and even have them on my own car. Same AFCO's since 1998. See pics.

They do need to be lubricated 3-4 times a year.
We also stock some really cool billet aluminum shackles for racers who do not want to go through the extra work.