- 1. TR:Spitfire - New Rear Spring - PITA (score: 1)
- Author: Shane Sizemore <c0ssizem@yahoo.com>
- Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2006 18:54:08 -0800 (PST)
- Having a major problem with new rear spring, No matter what I do to the spring, with or without pivot pad etc, the clamp will not compress enough for the center bolt to go through. The sleeve is not
- /html/spitfires/2006-12/msg00077.html (7,731 bytes)
- 2. Re: TR:Spitfire - New Rear Spring - PITA (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>
- Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2006 22:14:42 -0500
- Ummm, I'm having trouble picturing what you are asking. I've taken the spring out of my Spitfire and GT6 a number of times, and replaced the Spitfire spring once. But I've never had to disassemble it
- /html/spitfires/2006-12/msg00078.html (7,887 bytes)
- 3. Re: TR:Spitfire - New Rear Spring - PITA (score: 1)
- Author: Shane Sizemore <c0ssizem@yahoo.com>
- Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2006 19:28:09 -0800 (PST)
- Thanks Jim and Bob, The new spring looks like the old one, same number of leafs. When I took the old spring out, it had the big clamp housing on the center that covers the top 4 leafs. It had a plate
- /html/spitfires/2006-12/msg00079.html (9,146 bytes)
- 4. RE: TR:Spitfire - New Rear Spring - PITA (score: 1)
- Author: "Nick Moseley" <nmoseley@dccnet.com>
- Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2006 20:47:01 -0800
- BTDT, got the T-shirt, now I forget exactly how. Gee aging is fun, all those old skills to re-learn. Anyway, you are right the bottom leaf doesn't go into the "box". It's a kind of escape valve, in
- /html/spitfires/2006-12/msg00080.html (7,926 bytes)
- 5. Re: TR:Spitfire - New Rear Spring - PITA (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>
- Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 00:31:57 -0500
- We are talking about the Mk4/1500 swing-spring, right? If not then none of this applies! I finished re-assembling the rear of Spitfire just a few months ago, and I'm trying to remember all the detail
- /html/spitfires/2006-12/msg00081.html (8,547 bytes)
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