I don't think he said anything about the springs losing anything; I
may have missed it. I think he simply wants to clean them up, maybe
remove some surface rust, then add anti-friction inserts. I don't see
the harm in this except that he is dealing with 35 yr old steel.
OTOH, he could buy new and go through all the headaches associated
with the "new and improved" pot metal being sold as springs. As for
the inserts, three of the four extra springs I have have some sort of
paper-ish or plastic strips between the leaves.
At 3:58 PM -0500 12/14/00, Geoff Branch wrote:
>Roger that Daniel. I remember an old blacksmith that used to weld a
>bead along
>the inside face of the spring to "recondition" it and return its curve. But I
>can't imagine that this would be worthwile for little bitty springs like on
>Spridgets.
>
>Geoff Branch
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <Daniel1312@aol.com>
>To: <dougi@home.com>; <spridgets@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2000 2:55 PM
>Subject: Re: Rear spring restoration
>
>
> > Hi Doug,
> >
> > Much as I beleive in re-conditioning parts I wouldn't re-condition springs.
> > If the steel has lost its compliance it isn't going to get it back unless
> > there is some sort of heat treatment that does the job?
> >
> > Daniel1312
> >
> > In a message dated 13/12/00 23:06:52 Pacific Standard Time, dougi@home.com
> > writes:
> >
> > << More on the restoration of my rear springs, now that they are out of the
> > car. I'm planning to take the springs apart, remove all the rust and crud
> > with a wire wheel, grind smooth any gouges or other bad spots, paint, then
> > reassemble. Anyone have any thoughts about using Teflon or some other
> > plastic material between the leaves? The idea would be to reduce friction
> > between the leaves. I would probably have to omit one leaf to make up for
> > the added thickness of the plastic material.
> >
> > Comments? >>
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