drilling top spring plate for ez inch block

[MJB774X]

I did this to clear the center spring pin with an ez inch block...upon drilling it drilled like ductile iron, I was wondering if these plates had any type of case hardening and if drilling them might make them susceptible to crack??? anyone else do this? should I just buy steel plates?

 

[sweetk30]

basic old cast . no hardness i have seen .

 

[MJB774X]

do you think what I did is ok?

 

[max 02]

I don`t get why you neaded the extra hole.
The plate should be centered over the axle,or the u bolts aren`t gonna fit so good.
Or am I thinking wrong?

 

[Bowtie85]

Ive been running mine like that for 2 years. It hasn't fallen apart yet

 

[big dan]

I don`t get why you neaded the extra hole.
The plate should be centered over the axle,or the u bolts aren`t gonna fit so good.
Or am I thinking wrong?

He is using a zero rate to relocate the axle as I understand it. Doing this requires that you redrill the u-bolt plates so that they can move foward as well to be centered over the axle.

I have also ran mine like that for years. I think that the steel plates made by diy4x and ruffstuff both look a lot better but you dont need them.

 

[max 02]

He is using a zero rate to relocate the axle as I understand it. Doing this requires that you redrill the u-bolt plates so that they can move foward as well to be centered over the axle.

I have also ran mine like that for years. I think that the steel plates made by diy4x and ruffstuff both look a lot better but you dont need them.

OK got it. Thanks.

 

[MNorby]

Mines was like that for many years.