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To: triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
Subject: Leaf spring/Spitfire
From: Martin_A._Secrest@NEB.VOA.GOV
Date: 24 Feb 97 8:31:36
I got the leaf spring out of my Spit 1500 this weekend.   Iım throwing in a new 
one in an effort to shore up some sag and splay.  


Perhaps one reason for the excess sag is sag is DPO related (I canıt seem to 
find ANY place on the car where someone hasnıt been messinı) -- the springıs 
center housing was missing the horizontal bolt and sleeve that fits into the 
bottom, just above the bottom leaf and 4-bolt flat plate.

Q. #1)  Is this bolt and sleeve diameter the same as that which holds the other 
four spring clamps in place?  (If so, I can just use a new 1/4 inch bolt and 
one of my old springıs sleeves.)
        PS:  Did you ever try to look for a bolt sleeve at a hardward store?  
Hmmph.

Q. #2)  Is there supposed to be a small bolt holding the rubber pad in place 
inside the center housing?  This was also missing, and the pad was beat to hell.
        PS:  If you look around, an old, beat-to-hell up rubber center pad 
might be replaced with an ordinary furniture floor protecter, cut to size.

Thanks for the help, you Spitfire leaf spring experts ...
  
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Martin Secrest
ı74 Spitfire 1500
FM18943U

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