I put moly grease in between the leaves..
does this have any advantage over standard lithium grease?
cheers
Tim
Joe Curry wrote:
> Mike,
> What I did is go to Eagle Hardware and buy some thick nylon washers that
> are the exact diameter of the indentations at the ends of the leaves. I
> disassembled the spring and when I put it back together, I inserted
> those washers in the dimples. It offers a better alternative to metal
> on metal. If you can find teflon washers, that would probably work even
> better.
>
> Joe
>
> MikeC wrote:
> >
> > I picked up my freshly de-arched rear spring today. I measured before I
> > took it off the car and decided that 1.5" was enough drop. I reinstalled it
> > tonight and it seems to be just what I wanted. The place I took it to said
> > they didn't have any kind of teflon strips to put in-between the leaves, so
> > when I got it home I spread the leaves slightly with a screwdriver and
> > sprayed some white lithium grease in there to reduce friction. I didn't cut
> > the ends off the second leaf after hearing the breakage horror stories. Best
> > part of the story is the shop only charged me $10, I think it was a mistake
> > but I questioned it and the guy replied *That's what the ticked says.*
> > MikeC
>
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