i'm replacing springs on my olympics, i thought i'd better ask before i go out on them:
the hooves seem to have been drilled a little narrower than the springs, the bolts push on the outer side of the holes going through the hooves, and it felt kind of freaky cranking the bolts back in.
you can tell the first set of springs were the same way because there were thread marks on the hooves where the bolt passes thru, from the bolts pressing outwards.
should i file/drill the holes through the springs so the bolts insert easily?
as you can see, i managed to get the bolts in, but the hoof isn't flush with the spring. this is in part because the rubber sleeve on the spring goes under the hoof - the last one was the same way, so i figure that's okay.
because it felt freaky i didn't want to crank it as hard as possible - you can see that the bolt almost looks like it's threaded wrong because it's at an angle. i'd have to crank it *really hard* (i don't have a wrench with a pressure gauge, but i have fairly strong hands and have been unscrewing things for 4 decades..) to ge tthe rightmost bolt to sit flush.
should i redrill, not worry about it, replace the nut that doesn't look straight (it doesn't look damaged), go out and jump on it some and then retighten it?? the black stuff sitting on the nuts is that bubly 3d fabric paint stuff, i figure it will help any loose nut stay on for a bit without getting lost in the grass, but will scr***e off the threads easily.