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RE: Rear Axle Length

To: "Gambony, Jim" <jim.gambony@eds.com>
Subject: RE: Rear Axle Length
From: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 08:12:33 -0700
>While we're on the subject, are the transverse "swing" springs all the same,
>or did were they also changed the same time as the axles?  I ask because
>apparently the Mk IV  had the shorter axles but the swing spring.  None of
>the parts suppliers distinguish between the springs (Mk IV vs 1500).
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Nope the springs are all the same, but the inner pivot brackets, and radius
rods did change to accommodate for the difference in angle and length by
the now longer track

Barry Schwartz (San Diego) bschwart@pacbell.net

72 V6 Spitfire (daily driver)
70 GT6+ (when I don't drive the Spit)
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