Door stay kit Options

[mepstein]

Help me understand. The door stay kit I’m using comes with a pin but it’s too big for the hole. I could make the hole bigger but there’s still no groove for a clip. Stock pin on right
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@Mikey914

[bbrock]

@Mikey914

Here's how I tamed the click and a suggestion for making these kits nearly universal for only a few extra pennies.

My chassis stay brackets were not wallowed and I had no interest in reaming them out - especially with fresh paint on the car. Instead, I picked up some 1/4" O.D. aluminum bushings at the local ACE and JB Welded them into the arm bore.

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Then I drilled the bushing out to 15/64" (~6mm) and filed it flush to the arm. In hind sight, it would have been better to bore the arm out to 3/8" and using a matching O.D. bushing to leave more "meat" behind after drilling it out.

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I couldn't source OEM size 6x16mm clevis pins locally but substituted 6mm tension pins like I proposed earlier. I actually think tension pins are an improvement over the clevis pins because they don't rotate in the bracket bore. All of the wear should occur on the arm bore and keep the chassis brackets from wallowing out. They are a bit of a pain to install but once they are in, I get smooth, click-free action from the door stays. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif)

There is more detail on this process here on my build thread.

Here's what I think could make these stay kits more user friendly. Bore the arms out to 3/8" and supply two sets of pre-drilled bushings so users can install OEM or overbore as needed for their car. Also include two sets of pins (clevis, tension, or both) to match the bore sizes. With 3/8" O.D. bushings, there should be no need to epoxy the bushings into place as there would be enough wall thickness left to just pop them into the bore. It might even be an improvement by creating a double bearing surface for wear.

Those are my thoughts anyway.